Re: ISS lunar transit tonight

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Thu May 15 2003 - 14:37:55 EDT

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    Doesn't this mean that with the right photographic set-up at the 
    right time and place, it might be possible to get the silhouette 
    of ISS traversing the at least penumbrally eclipsed Moon on an 
    in-shadow pass -- weather permitting?  E.g. (Thanks, Rob!), here 
    are the locations in Texas:
    
    2003/05/16  4:22:00   28.3934   -100.5052 (Texas/Mexico border)
    2003/05/16  4:22:10   28.9270   -100.0383
    2003/05/16  4:22:20   29.4599    -99.5674
    2003/05/16  4:22:30   29.9922    -99.0923 (pretty far W of Austin)
    2003/05/16  4:22:40   30.5239    -98.6129
    2003/05/16  4:22:50   31.0548    -98.1291
    2003/05/16  4:23:00   31.5851    -97.6407
    2003/05/16  4:23:10   32.1146    -97.1474
    2003/05/16  4:23:20   32.6433    -96.6493
    2003/05/16  4:23:30   33.1713    -96.1460
    2003/05/16  4:23:40   33.6985    -95.6374 (Texas/Oklahoma border)
    
    Superbird tonight.  Might someone with the right wide-angle set-up 
    get photography of Superbird A flashes during the first penumbral 
    portion of the lunar eclipse?  Here's what Björn wrote a couple of 
    days ago:
    
    > I get flashes (for 05-16) near RA 16:04
    > For Ed in Texas (Lat= 30.31 Long= -97.86 )that is 03:06 at decl. -5.9
    > For Don (39.18 Long= -76.84) 03:15 -7.6
    >
    > -0:03 +0.1 deg in pos/day
    > +0:01 in time
    
    That position is roughly in the general vicinity of delta and 
    epsilon OPH (Yed Prior and Yed Posterior).  But maybe that's too
    far from the Moon.
    
    Now, hoping for a clear night for everyone.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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