I'd be surprised if the ISS were visible, other than a transit, during the time of the eclipse since it shines by reflected light and the sun will be behind it...although I open for correction at any time. David Dodge Astronomer H.R. MacMillan Space Centre 1100 Chestnut Street Vancouver, BC, CANADA V6J 3J9 604-738-7827 - #228 ddodge@hrmacmillanspacecentre.com -----Original Message----- From: Gerhard HOLTKAMP [mailto:grd.holtkamp@t-online.de] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:29 PM To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: Re: ISS and Solar Eclipse The ISS maneuver which originally had been planned for 15-MAR-06 has been postponed into April. See the article by Jim Oberg on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11763975/ This means that the ISS will miss totality by a few minutes. (The crew will still be able to see the umbra over Turkey and hopefully make some pictures of it - but I really would have liked to see a photo of a totaly eclipsed sun with the Earth below!) It will still be possible to see a transit of the ISS in front of a partially eclipsed sun in some places of Europe in the minutes before 11 UT but you have to be within about 2 km of the central line to see it and an accurate prediction will only be possible a day or two before the eclipse on 29-MAR-06. It may also be possible to see the ISS during totality from Southern Turkey but if I were there I rather concentrate on the eclipse for a change! Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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