I just saw what had to be the ISS pass nearly overhead, wsw to ene, at least mag. -9 ish. Either that, or one really well-lit high altitude jet. About 8:26 MDT. Patrick? _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool
Hi Chuck, As Jim pointed out, ISS was in the sky at the time you mentioned. But are you sure it made it up to -9? The brightest I think I've ever seen ISS is around -4. Patrick Chuck Hards wrote:
I just saw what had to be the ISS pass nearly overhead, wsw to ene, at least mag. -9 ish.
Either that, or one really well-lit high altitude jet.
About 8:26 MDT.
Patrick?e
Yes, see my reply to Jim. Upon reflection -4 seems more appropriate. I think the bright sky threw me off. --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Hi Chuck,
As Jim pointed out, ISS was in the sky at the time you mentioned. But are you sure it made it up to -9? The brightest I think I've ever seen ISS is around -4.
Patrick
Chuck Hards wrote:
I just saw what had to be the ISS pass nearly overhead, wsw to ene, at least mag. -9 ish.
Either that, or one really well-lit high altitude
jet.
About 8:26 MDT.
Patrick?e
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Friday night, we had around 50 people show up for our Campout / Star Party at Payson lakes. We had about 15 scopes there, most built in our recent telescope making classes. The skies were very clear, with just a little bit of turbulence in the upper atmosphere. We had many highlights of the evening, with some joking about what connections we had to have so many events occur in one evening. We watched the ISS pass overhead, and a second much dimmer satellite crossing the sky at the same time in close proximity to each other. We were treated with a meteor shower which peaked at one point of one meteor every 2-3 minutes. Around 1:30 am, we saw what appeared to be a satellite traveling from the Northern part of the sky traveling South East. Initially someone stated "There's the ISS again", but I did not recall the forecasts of it's passage at that time. Right at the end of that statement, the object exploded in a orange and blue fireball which streaked bright blue across the sky finally dimming just before it would have disappeared below the horizon. The object was so bright that it lit up the observing field bright enough to cast moving shadows as it passed overhead. During the evening, we observed many of the typical objects such as the Hercules Cluster, Andromeda Galaxy, and the Pleiades, but were also treated with views of the North American Nebula, Veil Nebula, and fleeting glimpses of the central star of the Ring Nebula. Overall, we had an excellent Campout and Star party. John Zeigler
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