It was quite busy here over my sky half an hour ago (20:30 UTC, 19-JUN-07). I observed the ISS and Atlantis with a 3 inch apo scope at 60x magnification and they were both within the field of view. And I can confirm that Atlantis was trailing. On former occasions I always have seen the Shuttle leading. But there was no mistaking the ISS solar arrays! I also looked just with my naked eyes and it was one of the most pretty sights I have seen satellite-wise. That was followed ten minutes later by a high (73 deg elevation pass) of Lacrosse 5. It was first bright around mag 2 then dimmed to less than mag 4 close to its highest elevation (around 20:42:30 UTC - I did not take the time accurately). After a minute or so it started to brighten up again. At which time IGS 1B showed up in the East and had a variable brightness pass. Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany 49.8822 N, 8.6558 E ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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