In very poor conditions this morning at dawn with about 90 percent cloud I decided I would take a look for ITS/STS-124 anyway. (I was encouraged to do this after a brief sighting yesterday when they broke through clouds briefly at culmination- I have submitted a brief movie of what I believe to be STS-124 to spaceweather.com.) Sure enough at 1852 UTC this morning (not exact) I saw a brief flare through the clouds at the right elevation and time just before expected culmination. Predicted mag of the ISS was -3.3 but in view of the thickness of cloud I suspect it may have flared much brighter than that for visibility to be possible. Sighting of STS-124 was impossible,as was a Cosmo-Skymed 1 flare: in clear skies this could have been nice with the ISS due to pass at the same time and direction as the flare, though at different elevations, followed by STS-124. Robert Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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