ISS through cloud

From: Robert Holdsworth (robbonz1@xtra.co.nz)
Date: Fri Jun 13 2008 - 20:34:44 UTC

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    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 
    
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