Re: iss not seen

From: Tony Beresford (dberesford@adam.com.au)
Date: Mon Mar 12 2007 - 02:17:03 EDT

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    At 03:42 AM 12/03/2007, you wrote:
    >If insignificant, please ignore. Iss was predicted for an overhead pass. I
    >had clear skies
    >
    >BUT COULD NOT SEE IT !.
    >
    >Mag -1.9 could not be missed. Triple checked my orbitron settings and
    >downloaded 3 different tle's to confirm.
    >
    >Orbitron predicted iss
    >
    >Location      : CAROLINA (30° 07' 13" E, 26° 04' 15" S)
    >Time zone     : UTC +2:00
    >
    >11/03/2007 18:44:24 ISS                  317.0 10.1  1.0  1272 262.8  -6.2
    >11/03/2007 18:47:14 ISS                  229.1 83.1 -1.9   341 262.5  -6.8
    >11/03/2007 18:50:04 ISS                  140.1 10.1  0.8  1271 262.2  -7.4
    >
    >IF OBSERVER MISTAKE PLEASE IGNORE !
    The prediction is practically identical to that from heavens-above.com for
    your location so thats not the problem. The time is such that the Sun is
    only 6.8 degrees below horizon, so i think your problem was the sky was
    just too bright.
    Tony Beresford
    8597 Adelaide, so. australia 
    
    
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