Well not quite a marathon , but last night the skies cleared here enough to see two passes through thin cloud cover. The first , 2220 gmt I managed to catch on video. I particularly wanted to image the station in the "overhead" so as to catch a glimpse of the truss and radiators. Usually as the complex moves in from the west , and the brightness increases as the radiators start to reflect , much of the detail is burnt out....so last night I reduced the settings a little. As a consequence , the run in was under exposed , but overhead things turned out a little better. I'd swear it was possible to see the ripple effect on the P1 truss radiator , and given the poor seeing conditions , quite a bit of detail. The second pass I changed my view point slightly , and witnessed a stunning , long run in and lazy "turn" to the south A couple of frames from the first pass have been placed at the top of the page....here http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk Best wishes, John. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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