In a message dated 6/3/01 9:31:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jeff_satobserve@worldnet.att.net writes: > My gut feeling is, "yes" it is brighter than I've recalled in the past. > I haven't observed the ISS for over a month and this evening (21:05 local , > 01:05 UTC) with a not so totally dark sky it appeared significantly brighter > (mag -4?) on the descent along with a marvelous flare to around -6?. Saw the same pass as Jeff. At 01:06:45 the ISS peaked at -5 mag or so - easily brighter than Venus on a good night. At my location it rose in the SW, passes over Arcuturus (125az, 65el) at 01:05:25 and descended in the ENE. I've really got to get some filters for my dob. When the ISS is 40 deg or more above the horizon it does not look like a point of light. Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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