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... -- NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please keep mailing list traffic on the list unless* *a signed and pre-paid contract is in effect with us.* _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed May 24 2023 - 06:45:48 UTC
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