In article ,
johnny@. johnny@. wrote:

Neon Knight wrote:
"Sprite Scaler" wrote in
oups.com:

when the current shuttle Atlantis mission is complete and the new
truss & solar panel pieces are added, how significantly
brighter/larger can we expect the ISS to look when it passes
near-directly overhead ?

Instead of a bright light the size of a mosquito, it will look like a
bright light the size of a mosquito.

Since you are so bright, what would it look like through the largest
telescope on earth?

You cannot look through the largest telescope on Earth. It's designed
for photography only.

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