was this the ISS?

As sson as his new batch is processed I will ask him if he will put it on
his web site.

In the meantime I have emilaed you his previous effort let me know what you
think.

Cheers

Andy
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Mr Andrew R Green BSc(Hons) FBIS, FRAS


"Joey" wrote in message
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"Andy G" wrote in message
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A good friend of mine at the astro-camp got some great shots of it as it
passed over

Cheers

Andy

Andy,

What constitutes a "great shot" ? Any chance of persuading your mate to
post it ?

Pete K

I tried to email you but it got bounced back to me.

cheers

Andy

Mr Andrew R Green BSc(Hons) FBIS, FRAS



"Joey" wrote in message
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"Andy G" wrote in message
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A good friend of mine at the astro-camp got some great shots of it as it
passed over

Cheers

Andy

Andy,

What constitutes a "great shot" ? Any chance of persuading your mate to
post it ?

Pete K

James Harris wrote:
On 27 Sep, 15:57, "OG" wrote:
"OG" wrote in message

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"ken" wrote in message
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Yesterday evening (Friday) at just after 8pm, I was in my garden and
saw a very bright object (as bright as Venus) moving E-W. It passed
almost directly overhead, and went into eclipse just after passing
through Andromeda, at an altitude of about 45 degrees.
Was this the ISS?
I'm puzzled, because the only other time I've ever seen it, back in
2000, it was a golden colour, and this time it was almost white. Also,
I didn't think the ISS could ever be overhead at my latitude (51
degrees N).
It probably wasn't the ISS as that went over later in the evening (8.50pm
for my location in Cheshire)
If you visitwww.heavens-above.comyou can find out satellite passages and
predictions for your precise location. Yesterday seems to have been a
particularly rich evening for satellites and rockets, but you can get a
sky map for all those listed to work out which one you saw.
Actually, it could well have been the ISS; I was looking at today's timings,
Friday's passage was at about 20 past 8 and the brightness is about right
too.

Not "as bright as Venus" as the OP states, surely. Venus is currently
at mag -3.7 (according to Stellarium) and gets brighter. Maybe that
figure's wrong...? AFAIK the ISS never gets that bright.

No, but the ISS is a lot bigger in the sky than Venus. Maybe the OP was
'fooled' by this, as it was the first time he'd seen it? Last time I
observed the ISS it was about mag -2.0 but it seemed bright as hell due
to it's size.

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Abo

On Sep 27, 11:37*pm, James Harris
wrote:

"ken" wrote in message
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Yesterday evening (Friday) at just after 8pm, I was in my garden and
saw a very bright object (as bright as Venus) moving E-W. It passed
almost directly overhead,

Was this the ISS?.

Not "as bright as Venus" as the OP states, surely. Venus is currently
at mag -3.7 (according to Stellarium) and gets brighter. Maybe that
figure's wrong...? AFAIK the ISS never gets that bright.


Recently, Venus has been lost in the red murk of sunset, whereas ISS
has been overhead in a darkish sky. And Venis is never more than,
IIRC, 47 degrees from the Sun, so it is generally in a non-dark sky.

Therefore, it's natural for ISS to appear to be brighter than Venus.

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