Thread: Shenzhou V obs.
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Old October 15th 03, 02:53 PM
Al Arduengo
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Default Shenzhou V obs.

Stan Jensen writes:

Following a tip from Spaceweather.com, I got outside around 7:20am and
found a nice southern horizon.

In the brightening morning twilight, suddenly from just to the west of the
moon came the spacecraft. From my location it was traveling just south of
the moon, just north of Saturn, and travelling east at a high rate of
orbital motion.

The craft was tumbling, and varied in brightness greatly. At times it was
nearly as bright as Jupiter, and other times it was nearly invisible.

Pretty cool.

But does this portend bad weather? You know the old saying.. "Red Skies at
morning..."


Holy Crap!! I think I saw it... by accident!! I was just out looking
around at Moon and Orion with my binocs and just southwest of the Moon
was a satellite object moving in a southerly direction. This was just
after 0600CDT. Would that be Shenzhou I witnessed?

-Al A.
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