Re: ISS in fading daylight

From: wkitty42--- via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_lists.seesatmail.org>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 09:45:37 -0400
On 5/23/23 4:21 PM, Alex D. via Seesat-l wrote:
> One wonders in how much daylight the ISS might be visible.


i've seen and shown others Venus around mid-day (eastern US time)... this only
when Venus was far to the left of the sun (trailing across the sky) when facing
south... for some reason spotting it on the right of the sun (leading) has never
worked for me... idk why but one definitely needed to block the sun from view
like with a hat or building awning cover... wearing sunglasses also helped in
numerous cases... the only ""bad"" thing was once seen, one could just simply
look up and boom! there is was... it was quite funny at times! :lol:

i understand that Venus has a magnitude of about 4.6... the ISS can be as much
as mag 6... if one knows where to look when, it should be fairly easy to see as
long as the angles are good and that will be a very key aspect...




/me idly wonders if one might catch the ISS solar panels reflecting sunlight
like the Iridiums do/did... seen them, too, in broad daylight...


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