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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. -- Martin Frey http://www.hadastro.org.uk N 51 02 E 0 47 |
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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 -- Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk "Brace yourself, this might make your eyes water." |
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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 |
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Correction on the date, it was October 12th 2002
Mark |
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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 |
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:38:10 +0100, 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 went out to spot it because, although I've seen the ISS many times, it was a very early time in the evening that was predicted. The print out that I was working to was some days old and the ISS was late but I persisted and then suddenly saw it aout of the corner of my eye and it was very, very bright never seen it so bright. It had the right motion for the ISS so I'm sure that it wasn't an Iridium flare. It was so bright that I expected people walking outside in the warm evening air to proclaim, "What the ****'s that?" but despite there being many evening strollers about nobody did. I guess people don't look up much. - Mike |
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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 |
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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 -- Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk "Brace yourself, this might make your eyes water." |
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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 |
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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 -- AIM/iSight:JCAndrew2 - Log in and say 'hi' "We deal in the moral equivalent of black holes, where the normal laws of right and wrong break down; beyond those metaphysical event horizons there exist ... special circumstances" - Use Of Weapons |
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