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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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