RE: ISS marathon

From: Tim Rogers (timrogers@charter.net)
Date: Sun Jul 20 2003 - 01:01:47 EDT

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    I watched the same pass from here in the metro Atlanta area and noticed the
    same discrepancy in brightness vs. what H-A had predicted.  It was
    definitely the brightest object in the sky, greatly outshining Vega and
    Arcturus, both listed at magnitude 0.
    Having done this type of observing for the last 2 years or so, I have
    generally noticed that the ISS appears to be at least a full magnitude
    brighter than what H-A predicts.  Possibly this is because they are using an
    old value for the station's brightness, something from before the latest
    structural addition or two?
    
    Tim Rogers
    34.0954?N, 84.0450?W
    Elevation 320 meters
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Thomas A. Troszak [mailto:tom@tomtroszak.com]
    Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 12:15 AM
    To: SeeSat-L
    Subject: Re: ISS marathon
    
    
    Just caught ISS naked eye from the parking lot at the local University,
    predicted northbound pass at -0.8 magnitude, looked much brighter to me, was
    brilliant even with all the lights... beautiful pass made me wish I had the
    'scope out... thanks for the heads up, you guys.  22:05:59 66 SE
    
    
    Tom Troszak
    Asheville, NC, USA
    35.601 N, -82.554 W
    mailto:tom@tomtroszak.com
    http://www.satellitephotogallery.com
    
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