ISS Lunar transit alert

From: John Locker (john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sat Jun 07 2003 - 08:24:28 EDT

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    Hi all,
    
    Not sure if anyone is near to me here on the Wirral UK , but CalSKY.com now
    confirms that I will be almost on the centre line of an ISS lunar transit
    tomorrow evening .
    
    Here are the details.......keps are only 1 day old and mag 5 is
    expected.....not sure how that relates to the brightness of the moon early
    evening , but I hope to try and catch an image of the event , should
    hopfully catch at least a grey blur , if not better....It would be nice to
    have a bit of back-up if anyone can try from the Liverpool area :O)
    
    Here are the details.
    
    19h41m17.5s Prgrs M-47(Dk)
    (27681 2003-6-A) Crosses the disk of Moon. Separation:0.02d
    Angular Velocity:42.1'/s.  Transit duration: 0.76s
    Angular diameter: 3.0"  cylindrical, 8.0m x 3.0m
    Direction towards center line: 0.36km, az:  4.6d N
    az: 170.2d S  h:  39.9    dist: 596.0km mag=2.2m
    
    19h41m18.7s ISS Crosses the disk of Moon. Separation:0.04d
    Angular Velocity:42.1'/s.  Transit duration: 0.75s
    Angular diameter: 7.7"  cylindrical, 20.0m x 10.0m
    Direction towards center line: 0.64km, az:  3.4d N
    az: 170.2d S  h:  39.9    dist: 595.9km mag=-0.8m
    
    ....................straight through the middle   ; O )
    
    
    Regards,
    
    John.
    
    http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk
    
    
    
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