ISS observation
Fred & Julie Burger (fjb@sos.net)
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:52:52 -0800
Tonight we saw ISS for the first time from Seattle, through a hole
in the clouds. Using the following elset:
ISS 20.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 d
1 25544U 98067A 98358.81627903 .00015620 00000-0 22832-3 0 1579
2 25544 51.5958 354.0086 0003531 303.3859 56.6752 15.55806168 5409
ISS was 10 seconds early. According to Satspy, it should have passed
Saturn at 6:03:12 PST, but we timed the passage by Saturn at 6:03:02.
As it passed between Jupiter and Saturn, its brightness was increasing,
and the magnitude appeared brighter than Saturn but less bright than
Jupiter (not a precise measurement!)
- Fred (Camano Island, WA 48.176 N, 122.4869 W)
Fred & Julie Burger
e-mail: fjb@sos.net
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