On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 Mir16609@aol.com wrote: > > Later (at about 20:09 EDT = Oct 17/00:09 UTC), we hope to see > > them again, this time low (~ 24 deg) in the SW. > > The pass came as advertised - about a 14 second separation. > Atlantis was about a 0 mag - ths ISS about -1.5. They passed > from the WNW to the SSW, peaking at about 35 deg above the > horizon. Just viewed the pair on the orbit after the one described above. Caught sight of the Shuttle (which I am assuming was leading) around 5 deg above the NW horizon, then ISS soon after. That low in the sky they were about 1 deg apart. Opposite to that noted above, I had STS-112 the brighter of the two. It got to -1 before entering shadow, while ISS peaked about +1. I followed the Shuttle with binocs as it entered shadow; I was able to see it as a faint orange dot for much longer than I expected. Once it vanished I swung down to view ISS but it must have been already too deep in the shadow as I couldn't find it. Robert Fenske, Jr. rfenske@swri.edu Sw |The Taming the C*sm*s series: Southwest Research Institute /R---\ | Signal Exploitation & Geolocation Div | I | |"The Martian canals were the San Antonio,Texas USA ph:210-522-3931 \----/ | Martians' last ditch effort." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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