Re: STS-86 - Mir Obs
Jim Varney (sat_watcher@rocketmail.com)
Fri, 3 Oct 1997 22:19:53 -0700 (PDT)
---Philip Chien <kc4yer@amsat.org> wrote:
>
> hmm - are people saying this *just* to annoy me???
>
> The shuttle usually makes a flyaround of Mir after undocking, with
the
> exception of the STS-84 mission. I don't know if a flyaround is
planned
> for STS-89, it would probably depend on the success of the Spektr
repairs.
> During the flyarounds Mir and the shuttle are within 400 ft. of each
other
> - so for visual observers they'll appear to be a single object.
(unless
> you've got a *REALLY* big telescope).
Are you asserting this just to annoy us back? ;-)
At 300 miles range and 400 ft separation, I get tan-1(400/300*5280) to
be about 50 seconds of arc. Doable with binoculars. Easily a double
object in a small 'scope.
But has anyone actually seen this?
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