Sue wrote:
> I saw a very nice flying-in-tandem pass of the pair a
> little earlier this evening. ... Both appeared
> to be about the same brightness, but thin and patchy
> clouds probably skewed that.
Two neighbors and I were very lucky to be able to see the
same pass. The sky was mostly cloudy from my apartment,
several km SSE of Sue's location. After the satellites
disappeared, I looked back toward the Moon and was no
longer able to see it! The two orbiters also appeared to
me to be the same brightness. It did seem to me that
perhaps ISS became somewhat fainter not long before they
disappeared. I had intended to time their separation as
they passed above a telephone pole but committed a very
bad user error and unknowingly stopped the stopwatch on
the first click ("D'oh!")!
I've received an inquiry as to whether anyone has taken
a telescopic photo of either Telstar 1 or 2 (00340,
62-029A, or 00573, 63-013A).
Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
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