RE: Where was ISS ?

From: bruce_musson@dofasco.ca
Date: Thu Jul 27 2000 - 05:19:21 PDT

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TLN et al:
I don't think its fair that everyone else got their De-Cloaking glasses
first !!!
Bruce 


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	From:	TLN [SMTP:tomnagy@nauticom.net]
	Sent:	Wednesday, July 26, 2000 6:41 PM
	To:	Musson Bruce E; SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com
	Subject:	RE: Where was ISS ?

	I went out after 4 AM EDT and as the grandfather clock struck 4:15 
	AM up comes the ISS from the NW. The brightest object in that 
	area of the sky at ~0 mag.

	Took a look with the 10X50's hand held but I'm too shaky.

	I'm at 40 deg 42' N  70 deg 43' W

	On 26 Jul 00, at 8:44, Musson Bruce E wrote:

	> I was using Heavens-Above website to spot the ISS this morning.
	> At 43.2025 lat and -79.9866 long , it should have passed
practically
	> overhead at 0.5 mag starting 4:15am EDT and ending about 4:19am
EDT.
	> I sat out there with the scope all set, from 4:10am until
4:35am... never
	> saw a thing.
	> There was minimal cloud cover... Saturn, the Moon, and Jupiter
with its four
	> moon looked great through the scope.
	> Despite the hazy clouds, I was actually seeing better than usual.
	> Was there a timing, or position change that occurred because of
the
	> maneuvering to connect Zvesda about 8 hours earlier.
	> Was I early, late, or did the ISS test its cloaking mechanism ?
:-)
	> Thanks.
	> 
	> Bruce 
	> 
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