ISS Observation, no Shuttle

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Thu Oct 12 2000 - 14:52:48 PDT

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    Hello,
    
    At 10/12/00, at 23:13 (GMT), I observed the ISS which reached negative
    magnitudes.  I could say how negative, because all my effort was on
    trying to get a visual lock on the space station in my telescope. 
    Finally, I did, at the end of the pass.  It looked like two (very
    bright!) white balls , with absolutely no distance between them.  I'm not
    sure if it was a real image, or that my eyepiece was just a little bit
    out of focus (which it was).  Has anyone observed the ISS since Zvezda
    and the Progress supply ship were added to the stack, in a telescope? 
    See anything similar?
    
    The Shuttle did not visibly pass over my location.  It was predicted to -
    whether or not it was to passed in sunlight, I do not know.  TrakSat does
    not say.  I can't use any modern sat prediction software until I get my
    computer back, and I figured that Heavens-Above would not have the
    current STS-92 elements.  However, Discovery was predicted to pass over
    my location, 5 minutes after ISS.
    
    Good fortune is with me!  The docking will occur at 17:43 GMT tomorrow,
    and I'll have high-speed Internet access at precisely that time.  Just
    watching docking how NASA TV does it is just fascinating for me.  But
    since nothing's going to get blown up, or anybody killed, I don't expect
    to hear anything more that just the mention of the docking  - if the
    newsmedia can even be that good to us for a day.  How sad, over and over.
    
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    Jonathan T. Wojack                                         
    tlj18@juno.com
    
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