Morning observations, e.g., "I saw ISS+Shuttle!"

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 13 2000 - 05:24:16 PDT

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    Whether I need any sleep or not....
    
    The ISS+STS-106 pair were not quite as bright as Sirius, but it was 
    not a great pass.  (That should be Friday morning.)  However, I 
    watched them for over four minutes, from just above some trees in 
    the south until they went behind some clouds in the ENE.
    
    I was fortunate enough to see a bright (+2.5 maxima at least, quite
    slowly tumbling) pass of the USA 89 Rk (22519, 92-086C).  It was 
    near perigee and moving *very* rapidly.
    
    Good old 00694 (Atlas Centaur, 63-047A) was very bright (+1.5 at
    least), as was UFO F2 Rk (22788, 93-056B -- maxima got brighter as 
    phase angle got worse).  Both were near perigee.
    
    AMS 4 (11389, 79-050A, a.k.a. DMSP F4) must have been fairly close
    to on-time for me to find it easily.  Some of its maxima were very 
    bright, probably visible one-power.
    
    Saw a few one-power flashes from Iridium 920 (24871, 97-034C) but 
    none from Iridium 44 (25078, 97-077B).
    
    Location was 30.3068N, 97.7267W, 150m -- not far from my apartment.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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