ISS pass by Jupiter

From: Thomas Fly (thomasfly@j2ee-consultants.com)
Date: Tue Mar 16 2004 - 19:33:03 EST

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    I am not a happy camper right now... I just observed a brilliant ISS pass about
    4° under Jupiter, with almost perfect (dark) blue skies.
    
    If I'd headed south 93 miles (just below Columbia, SC), it would have gone right
    thru, but 2.5 hours ago, there were just patches of blue in between all the
    clouds- and hour later, of course, blue skies! (None of the weather services
    predicted clearing this early, naturally.)
    
    I've also predicted that on the next pass- 68 miles to the northwest, anyway-
    it'll be visible where it'll briefly eclipse/occult/transit Venus!...
    
    Anyhow, tonight I'm making a serious attempt at finally mastering
    astro-videography, using a Firewire webcam, so maybe I'll be a little happier
    before the night's done.
    
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