Coincidentally just before I read Bjorn's message I was in the process of doing exactly that using the time and coordinates given. 34839 Yaogan 6 is the closest candidate though about three minutes out. If he had stayed there a few minutes longer he might have picked up a couple of other nice transits! Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjoern Gimle@GlocalNet" <bg_26934@glocalnet.net> To: "Ralph McConahy" <rwmcconahy4@comcast.net>; <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 4:20 AM Subject: Re: International Space Station crosses the Sun's disk? > 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 > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4458 (20090925) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4458 (20090925) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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