Blimp, TNA-1 and ISS

From: Bradley P. Allen (bpallen@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 19:44:39 PST

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    I was looking through my 11x45 binoculars at Beta Aql, waiting for a
predicted pass of TMA-1 at 18:07 PST using Jim Nix's OIG elset of
305.81628655, when the lit-up electronic-billboard underbelly of the
Goodyear blimp, which moors in nearby Carson, consumed the entire field
of view! I barely had time to recover some night vision when TMA-1
passed by on the expected path at magnitude 4, followed by ISS at
magnitude 2 by about 30 seconds.

Bradley P. Allen
Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
N 33.881  W 118.387 42 m

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