Patrick (or anybody else who monitors satellites), was that perchance the ISS I saw overfly this morning at 6:28 MST? Nearly overhead, a very good pass and brighter than Venus.
Sorry, it was only a UFO ... jb On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:22 AM, Chuck Hards wrote:
Patrick (or anybody else who monitors satellites), was that perchance the ISS I saw overfly this morning at 6:28 MST? Nearly overhead, a very good pass and brighter than Venus. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
On 02 Jan 2008, at 07:22, Chuck Hards wrote:
Patrick (or anybody else who monitors satellites), was that perchance the ISS I saw overfly this morning at 6:28 MST? Nearly overhead, a very good pass and brighter than Venus.
Here is CalSky's description of this morning's pass: Appears 6h25m49s -1.9mag az:210.0° SSW h:11.1° Culmination 6h28m21s -2.9mag az:138.4° SE h:41.2° distance: 495.0km height above Earth: 337.4km Disappears 6h33m06s 0.7mag az: 59.0° ENE horizon patrick
Thanks for the confirmation, Patrick. Just by the track and albedo, I knew it had to be the ISS. On Jan 2, 2008 2:07 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
On 02 Jan 2008, at 07:22, Chuck Hards wrote:
Here is CalSky's description of this morning's pass:
Appears 6h25m49s -1.9mag az:210.0° SSW h:11.1° Culmination 6h28m21s -2.9mag az:138.4° SE h:41.2° distance: 495.0km height above Earth: 337.4km Disappears 6h33m06s 0.7mag az: 59.0° ENE horizon
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