I saw the ISS and Atlantis pass from Tijeras, New Mexico through thin patchy clouds and roughly timed them about 5 seconds apart. They went through Cepheus, which can be seen in the image I made and have posted on my blog. <http://infinity.my-expressions.com/> Becky Ramotowski Tijeras, New Mexico Daniel Deak wrote: > > Hi Ted ! > > I saw the same pass but by pure luck. Sky was almost overcast but I went > outside to watch just in case. Nothing was seen. I then got back inside the > house and decided after a few seconds to get out again realising I had still > about 30 seconds left before shadow entry. There they appeared at about > 02:36:15 UTC for about 5 or 6 seconds through a miraculous hole in the > clouds. A beautiful sight with ISS having a distinctive orange color > compared to the white trailing Shuttle. No reference stars were seen, so I > could not tell the magnitudes. They seemed about 2 degrees apart. > > Daniel Deak > Webmestre, site Obsat > Pompier, municipalite de L'Avenir, Quebec > > COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-4:00 > > Site en francais sur les satellites: > French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Ted Molczan [mailto:sslmolcz@rogers.com] > Envoyé : 19 juin 2007 22:54 > À : SeeSat-L@satobs.org > Objet : RE: ISS - Atlantis > > I spotted them at 02:34 UTC, as they passed about 10 deg above the moon. > Beautiful sight, as always. ISS appeared to be yellowish; the shuttle white. > > I timed them as they appulsed a couple of stars in LEO. They were about 3.4 > s apart = 26 km, about as predicted using the NASA elements I posted > earlier. > > Ted Molczan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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