Just observed a shadow exit pass in a moonlit dawn sky, after conclusion of EVA 3. Not as spectacular as the previously reported pass, maximum magnitude appeared to be only around -1.However this is slightly brighter than Heavens Above prediction of 0.5 for the ISS. There would have been no chance of attempting observation of the spacewalkers had they still been out there. Through the 7 x 50s it could be seen that there were two structures conjoined. Incidentally I realised that perhaps the unusual configuration I observed last time could be attributed to the fact that the arm would have been extended for the EVA. A query was recently made by someone on the list concerning visibility in daylight, as I recall it there was a discussion on this some years ago though I do not have time to go back over the posts at present. One thing though in favour of better visibility is that the next shuttle will hopefully bring another truss and assuming the current mission continues to be successful it appears likely the construction will proceed. Robert Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S (got it right this time, unfortunately I am not able to use a signature file and have to type location every time owing to a certain program that has messed it up, I hope to track down how to fix that!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 6:42 AM Subject: Re: Magnitude of the ISS-Shuttle pair > Unfortunately at the time of my observation I overlooked that it was > during the EVA. Had I realised I would have observed more closely: in > view of the fact that observations have been made of Suitsat it is not > inconceivable that on such a good pass there was at least some possibility > of observing the astronauts. > > I have vague recollections that there may have been some small dots on the > side of the complex but this may be wishful thinking- without a > photographic record I will never know! > > Robert > Wainuiomata > New Zealand > 147.948E > 41.261S > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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