>Ted Molczan wrote: > >I estimate that retrofire is planned for 2005 Oct 16, about 19:46:35 UTC, over >24.1 S, 7.0 E, with touchdown near 20:32 UTC.. From the current orbit, it seems that Shenzhou 6 will pass Beijing at about 20:20 UTC, which is just about 30 minutes after the estimation time of retrofire. So what would that influence the orbit and observation condition in Beijing? By the way, some current observations: The weather in Beijing was bad for Oct. 13 morning. My colleagues and some amateurs watched Shenzhou 6 and its rocket in Oct. 14 morning at Juyongguan Great Wall, took some pictures and also video (via Watec 902H). Paul Maley was also there and made his observations. At that time I was on a train from Hefei to Beijing, and should be passing some place near Tianjin, and I did see the spaceship through the window before it reached the Big Bear, but then the train turned around and I could not see the later path. The weather was quite good. It was also very clear for next day (Oct. 15 morning) and I went to Juyongguan Great Wall with my colleages. Everything was okey and we saw the spaceship and the rocket, also with camera and video. This morning (Oct. 16) we went to Bei'anhe and made similiar observations. It was cloudy after midnight but was clear before the prediction time. The predictions are quite accurate and the objects seems 1-2 magnitude brighter than expected. My colleagues should post the link for pictures etc. later. Some already presented on newspapers and TV programs. Thanks for the helps! With best regards, Jin Öì½ø 2005-10-16 ========================================================= Dr. Jin Zhu Tel.: +86-10-51583002 Director, Beijing Planetarium +86-13601369613 No. 138 Xizhimenwai Street fax: +86-10-68353003 Beijing 100044, CHINA email: jinzhu@bjp.org.cn ========================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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