I noticed the rust-colored appearance as it hit the orbital sunset a few weeks ago on ISS. Not sure of sunrise, but on sunset as it dims, it turns rust-colored. Greg Robert Holdsworth wrote: > Excellent dawn pass picked up around 1645 UTC with culmination at 1647 > UTC., > Faded rapidly after culmination as it headed toward an orbital sunrise. > > Predicted magnitude was -3.4 it could well have reached this as no > other objects were visible apart from the moon. > > Not much sign of orange coloration this time, but could be clearly > seen as two conjoined objects, particularly through binoculars. > > Looking forward to evening passes soon, much easier on sleep! However > cloud is also likely to build up. > > Robert > > >> >> Off to catch up on sleep before the next pass, by then the sky will >> be quite bright. No report will be submitted unless there is an >> observation. >> >> Robert Holdsworth >> Wainuiomata >> New Zealand >> 174.848E >> 41.261S >> UTC plus 13. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L >> archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html >> >> >> __________ NOD32 2620 (20071027) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > -- Gregory S. Williams gregwilliams(at)knology.net k4hsm(at)knology.net http://www.etskywarn.net http://www.twiar.org http://www.icebearnation.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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