20 Jun
2007
20 Jun
'07
4:27 p.m.
On 20 Jun 2007, at 11:06, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net wrote:
I saw both, thought the 23:37 pass was more impressive...
Agreed. As they approached the Moon, there for a few seconds I was sure there would be a transit. Rather exciting, actually. And I was surprised how bright they were despite being that low in the sky.
Was the ISS brighter than the Shuttle? It seemed like the trailing object was dimmer at Village Inn but brighter at 23:37.
Trailing object (ISS) was much fainter at VI but from here in Stansbury one orbit later they both looked pretty much the same (although, truthfully, I was more interested in watching for a transit rather than relative brightness). pw