Observing from 37.44N 77.22W Richmond VA. Had a super view of the Shuttle launch from here through a 8" at 20 power. Could see the main engine exhausts having separate plumes and watched the orbital maneuvering pod engines give a few kicks to gain separation of the shuttle from the main tank after separation. Nov. 29th. 7x50 binos ISS curved tail of waste water dump simply fantastic. Brighter than any comet tail for light intensity and the 4 degree curved tail was easily the most action I ever witnessed from a satellite. Dump trail was illuminated better from a low angle with the ISS 15 degrees up and still strongly illuminated until near the disappearance into shadow. Waste trail was lower or simply so diffuse that it faded from visibility about 10-15 seconds before the ISS disappeared. Sorry for the delay in these observations but I joined the list only late this evening! Kurt 4Dark Sky ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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