This report comes with a 5-day delay (due to the fact that for some reason it took that long to put respective pictures on the web) - sorry. We (a group of 5) observed the joint transit of Discovery and the ISS in front of the Sun at 10:17:43 UTC (one hour before docking) at position 49°49'51'' N, 8°39'06'' E. At that time Discovery was 600 ft (183 meters) below the ISS which from our perspective resulted in a 53 arcsec seperation. (It was at that precise moment that they got ready for the photography of the Shuttle underside from the ISS.) The visual experience in our small group varied from clearly seeing the ISS and Discovery to just seeing the ISS to seeing nothing at all. This was due to the fact of the short transit time (0.5 sec) as well as the difference in contrast between the larger ISS and the smaller Shuttle. For pictures and (simulated) videos of the event go to www.aaw-darmstadt.de, then click the line labeled "Sonderseite". Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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