For once a meteor is on topic in here! During the recent ISS pass a meteor was observed here without assistance. It was in the eastern sky at about 30 to 40 degrees elevation moving roughly southeast to northwest at approximately 1616 UTC while the ISS was high in the Northwest. However it was not far enough to the northwest to be heading toward the station. The meteor was a good mag -1 or more and very brief. It does not appear that the astronauts on the EVA saw it as no mention was made of it on their comms being relayed via NASA-TV, but it is not surprising as they were concentrating on doing battle with a TV camera. They did however mention the beauty of the orbital sunrise just after they departed from here. A pass well worth getting up early for! (I may get a further report on whether the meteor was seen as I informed a work colleague who has not observed the ISS before of the special interest of this pass during EVA, but I won't know this for several hours and won't be able to post anything till much later if appropriate to do so.) Robert Wainui ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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