If you have set your coordinates on http://www.calsky.com you can get predictions for Sun/Moon crossers on http://www.calsky.com/cs.cgi/Satellites/16? Most other satellites are in the 1" range = 1/206000 * range ISS (~40m at ~400km) = 1/10000 = 20" On http://iss-transit.sourceforge.net/IssVenusTransit.html you can compare it to Venus at close approach (60") And just ISS+Shuttle+Sun at http://www.flickr.com/photos/paoloattivissimo/255913728/ ----- Original Message ----- ...> > I've viewed the ISS cross the sun. > > 1) It zipped across in less than a second. > > 2) Even in a telescope it is very small, more like arcseconds, not 1.5 arcminutes. > > Therefore, I doubt that's what he saw. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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