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Old October 15th 03, 02:31 PM
William R. Thompson
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Default Shenzhou 5 sightings

I spotted Shenzhou 5 twice this morning. The first apparition
came at 5:28 MDT, when it was at sixth magnitude and low on the
horizon. The second apparition came at 7:01, high and bright as it
transited more than half the sky--I would say it was first magnitude,
rather than the 3.0 predicted by heavens-above.com (otherwise both
passes were *exactly* as H-A predicted; three cheers for the speed
with which they made the predictions available!)

The booster made a pass at 6:56 AM and was very bright. It
appears to be tumbling about once every ten seconds.

--Bill Thompson
 




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