On Friday, Rob Matson told me that I might be able to see a solar transit of the ISS about 18 miles SE of my location. When I checked with the new ISS tle, it turned out that I could see it from my driveway! So I set up my venerable RV-6 with a Baader solar filter and saw it FLASH across the sun about 1 sec later than predicted using The Sky and the newest tle. Fantastic! I don't know the odds of seeing a similar sight again from the driveway of my house and having it clear at the same time, so I'm glad I took off at lunch to do it. This is one advantage of living in a small town. Thanks, Rob! Clear Skies, Russ 40.35528N 94.87191 W 11:52:58 am CDT +-------------------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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