> I saw ISS in my telescope at about 4:16 UT on 19-Aug-2001 from Mt. > Diablo > (near Walnut Creek), CA, USA. A 10 inch f/6 newt. (Cave Astrola) > with a > 25mm Ortho. I saw it approach, I missed the closest part of the > pass as I > flipped the scope and I watched it recede. I followed it into > shadow and > far beyond until distance and low altitude caused me to lose it. > There must > have been a light on! I saw the previous pass of ISS & Shuttle, too (I was asked privately to say what I saw. It's more than a month late, I know, but better late than never, I say). IT WAS INCREDIBLE!! To see two manned objects in the sky at one time, very bright objects, and then be able to catch both of them in my telescope- quite rare and incredible! I observed at 47x, with a 80A (light blue) filter, I think. I forget what the Space Shuttle looked like, but the ISS definitely showed some structure (exactly what I forget). It had been a very long time since I had seen something that was so beautiful. You'd think it was nothing spectacular, just two objects (which I have seen individually before), but it was so incredible! I felt inspired by what I saw. I think it classifies as my #1 sighting. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/projectorion 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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