Steve Newcomb wrote >and who has seen the most consecutive passes? I don't know if I qualify here because these were not "registered or reported" - I do this as a hobby but have not yet got into reporting observation TLE's. I have observed 3 passes in one night and we often get at least two passes in an evening or early morning about 1 hour apart. I can't recall the date of the three passes but the first was "low", (10 - 20 deg), the second "overhead", (75 - 90 deg), and the third "low". Both the first and last were short passes lasting less than a minute and quite dim but as always the overhead passes ar bright and last several minutes such as a recent one where we could see STS104 and ISS passing over together with ISS trailing. Always an incredible sight and I make a point of showing anyone I can, (even if they're not interested). We are in a rural location with very little light pollution so viewing even low mag passes in the evening is possible with the naked eye. (must work out the lowest mag I can see sometime). Regards - Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Location - Kirwee, Canterbury, New Zealand Lat 43.5000 S Lon 172.2170 E Elev 150m GMT +12:00 Steve Adams Work Ph: +64 3 338 9059 Fax: +64 3 338 0445 DDI: +64 3 339 1623 Mobile: +64 25 370 467 E-mail: steve.adams@pdl.co.nz The contents of this E-mail may contain information that is legally privileged and/or confidential to the named recipient. This information is not to be used by any other person and/or organisation. The views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect those of the company. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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