RE: Shuttle & Station obs

From: ERKENSWICK, TOM M. (JSC-DM) (NASA) (tom.m.erkenswick1@jsc.nasa.gov)
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002 - 11:18:21 EDT

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    Observed the same pass from my home a little south of Houston, location
    approximately 29.554N 95.365W.  Also managed a few 16-sec exposures with my
    digital camera with my recent acquisition of a tripod.  They're nothing
    compared to the tracks and images taken by others on the list, but pretty
    satisfactory to me as a first-timer.  (As an avid follower of Soyuz and
    Progress flights, I wish I'd had the tripod on September 27 when Progress
    M1-9 was trailing ISS by a few degrees during an 80+ deg elevation pass over
    Houston...)
    
    Tom M. Erkenswick
    
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Ed Cannon [mailto:ecannon@mail.utexas.edu]
    Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:54 PM
    To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org
    Subject: Shuttle & Station obs
    
    
    Just saw Space Shuttle followed by Space Station.  Less than 
    ideal pass, rising straight up in the northwest, going into 
    Earth's shadow pretty soon.  The Space Shuttle was much 
    brighter.  The sky conditions were less than ideal also, but 
    at least they were good enough!  Time was about 1:41-1:42 
    Oct 17 UTC.  My location was the campus of The University of 
    Texas at Austin, 30.286N, 97.739W, 150m.  No stopwatch -- 
    just watched them.  Three security guards asked me what I 
    was doing, so they got to see them also.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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