I thought I would post this interesting message from the Astro-L list from someone who thinks he might have witnessed a transit of the ISS across the face of the Sun. Can anyone here on SeeSat confirm that he might have made such a sighting? Mike is located at Berkeley, CA at 122 degrees 18 minute west, 37.9 degrees north. -- joe rao Fellow Astros: I was out looking at the sun and the new sunspots currently on the disc with my 3.5-inch Questar when I was astounded to see what I think was the International Space Station crossing the surface. It took me by surprise, to say the least, but I regained enough of my composure to determin that what ever it was made it’s way across the sun in about two seconds. It appeared about the size of a very large sunspot group, maybe an arcminute and a half across. I did see what looked to be solar pannels, photovoltic arrays, on either side of what seemed to be a cylindrical looking body. The sighting occurred at 11:37 a.m. PDT, Sept. 23, 2009, and with the help of my wife, I determined the approximate timing of the event by checking her watch, the only time piece around, with WWV. Anyone know how I could fing out the fly-over time of the station? I would like to verify the sighting, or at least determine that it was not the station. Thanks. Mike Gardner ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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