ISS pass last night

At 9.50 last night an exceptionally bright satellite went practically
over my zenith - Starry Night says it was the ISS - but I've never
seen it so bright - blazing through cloud that Vega couldn't begin to
penetrate.

I've got a short loan of a Celestron 8inch which I was messing about
with (quite impressive - Jupiter was lovely.) Setting up was a
nightmare with every guide star either behind a cloud or a tree and I
got fed up with the cloud covering everything I looked at within 4
secs of finding it so I packed it in. Looked out the bedroom window
half an hour later - not a cloud in a crystal clear sky. Bummer.

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

In article , Martin Frey wrote:
At 9.50 last night an exceptionally bright satellite went practically
over my zenith - Starry Night says it was the ISS - but I've never
seen it so bright - blazing through cloud that Vega couldn't begin to
penetrate.

I've got a short loan of a Celestron 8inch which I was messing about
with (quite impressive - Jupiter was lovely.) Setting up was a
nightmare with every guide star either behind a cloud or a tree and I
got fed up with the cloud covering everything I looked at within 4
secs of finding it so I packed it in. Looked out the bedroom window
half an hour later - not a cloud in a crystal clear sky. Bummer.


Would you accept money in return for staying indoors?

Jim
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Jim wrote:

Would you accept money in return for staying indoors?

Jim

Yes - but I'm not cheap.
--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

In article , Martin Frey wrote:
Jim wrote:

Would you accept money in return for staying indoors?

Jim

Yes - but I'm not cheap.

I can produce photos that say otherwise..:-)

Jim
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Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk
"Brace yourself, this might make your eyes water."

Jim wrote:

In article , Martin Frey wrote:
Jim wrote:

Would you accept money in return for staying indoors?

Jim

Yes - but I'm not cheap.

I can produce photos that say otherwise..:-)

Jim

The *******s swore they'd destroyed the negatives.
--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

Martin Frey wrote:

Would you accept money in return for staying indoors?

Jim

Yes - but I'm not cheap.

I can produce photos that say otherwise..:-)

Jim

The *******s swore they'd destroyed the negatives.

laugh

Jim
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There was a pass last year of ISS which reached somewhere in the -4 region,
quite a few people saw it.

There was some discussion of it on the SEESAT group because I wanted to know
if anyone had seen it flare.

Mark

Correction on the date, it was October 12th 2002

Mark

Hello Mark,

The following may be of interest for the ISS sighting on
12/10/02;

"Mark H" wrote in message
...
There was a pass last year of ISS which reached somewhere in
the -4 region,
quite a few people saw it.

There was some discussion of it on the SEESAT group because I
wanted to know
if anyone had seen it flare.

Mark

Extracted from:

FILER'S FILES #42 - 2002, MUFON Skywatch Investigations
George A. Filer, Director Mutual UFO Network Eastern
October 16, 2002, . Webmaster: Chuck
Warren -- My new website is at:

http://www.filersfiles-ufo.com

TICKHILL, YORKSHIRE -- Donna wrote, "On October12, 2002, my
fiancé and I were walking home, when he noticed a strange light
in the sky at 7:45 PM. He pointed it out to me and we both
observed an object bigger and brighter than a star for about two
minutes. The movement it made was strange, it swayed from side
to side and seemed to bob up and down. The light faded and got
brighter whilst we watched it for about two minutes until it
eventually just disappeared, but it did not move away, it just
faded away. We both observed strange white beams of light coming
off it that resembled a sparkler. Thanks to Kenny Young


Date Posted: 02 Nov 2002 05:01:22
---------------------------------
From Filer's Files:

FILER'S FILES #44 - 2002, MUFON Skywatch Investigations
George A. Filer, Director Mutual UFO Network Eastern
October 30, 2002, .
Webmaster: Chuck Warren
Website: http://www.filersfiles-ufo.com

Peter Davenport reports If the reported time is correct, the
object was not the Space Station/Space Shuttle, which were
rendezvoused on this date. They passed over at approximately
19:30 hours. (7:30 PM).
--- end ---

I should point out that the timings on such reports are
notoriously inaccurate, and IMHO the witness _did_ see the ISS.

Joe

Martin Frey wrote:
At 9.50 last night an exceptionally bright satellite went practically
over my zenith - Starry Night says it was the ISS - but I've never
seen it so bright - blazing through cloud that Vega couldn't begin to
penetrate.


Martin

I saw ISS some time after 11pm from my back garden here in Glasgow. The
J-Pass website says it rose at ~11.27 and set 10 mins later, reaching
about 30 degs above horizon for my site. Must have been the next pass
after your sighting.

As you say, it was incredibly bright - at first I thought it was a
fireball or meteor, but I was able to follow it with binocs until it
gradually faded into the Earth's shadow. First time I have seen it for
maybe a year or longer - very impressive. If it is clear tonight (not
very likely given recent conditions) I will make a point of trying to
catch another pass (10.12pm BST).

Cheers
Dave