In a message dated 10/31/00 6:17:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, molczan@home.com writes: > I watched Soyuz TMA-1 pass through Sagittarius on 2000 Oct 31 at 23:06 UTC. I acquired the Soyuz at the same time about 10 deg below alpha-CrB. As it passed below alpha-Oph about a minute later I noticed a definite change in brightness from about a +3 to a +1 - as bright as Altair. The cycle repeated about every 20-30 seconds. Does the Soyuz or the solar panels rotate/change positions during flight? The Soyuz Rk was a non-obs at 22:57 UTC. The ISS was a +1 mag as it passed over the Moon at 23:44 UTC. All passes were NW->-SW. Cheers Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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