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["Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

I noticed that as well. I'm no the best at guessing magnitudes but it was a
tad brighter than Del Aqr (3.27) when I passed near that star, So I'd say it
was 3rd mag. I looked to brighten to about 2nd magnitude near the meridian
as you pointed out. Unfortunately I didn't see it wink in & out as you did
due to tree blocking the last part of it's pass once past Saiph.

Agreed it was a good show. I didn't stick around, but did anyone catch the
TRMM (Tropical Resource Monitoring Mission) pass by about 10 minutes after
the HST?

Rick Tejera 
President 
Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org


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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Hopkins
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:54 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: ISS and Hubble passes

Great sight tonight. The ISS was very bright , but the HST was full of
surprises. The HST was fairly faint until it approached the meridian. All of
a sudden it seemed brighten several magnitudes. I was watching with
binoculars and it was startling and very impressive. As it passed to the
East it flashed three times before winking out.

Good show1

Thanks Randy.

Jeff

At 11:52 -0700 1/14/06, Randy Peterson wrote:
>Next Tuesday, January 17, there will be a good pass over the metro 
>Phoenix area (and a good deal of Arizona) by the International Space 
>Station.  At about 6:25 pm MST, face north, and look to the northwest.  
>It is bright enough that you don't need optical aid, being brighter 
>than Mars.  At about 6:28 pm it will pass roughly overhead.  It will be 
>fading into the southeast horizon a bit after 6:30 pm.  Yep, a bit over 
>5 minutes from horizon to horizon, so if you don't set a timer to 
>remind you to go outside to look, you'll miss it.
>Hold on - the show's not over yet!  About eleven minutes later that 
>same night, at about 6:41 pm MST, face south, and look to the 
>west-southwest.  Bright enough to be seen naked eye (but considerably 
>dimmer than the ISS) will be the Hubble Space Telescope, shining a bit 
>dimmer than Polaris.  At 6:45 pm, it will pass due south at about 42 
>degrees altitude from the Phoenix area - about half way from the 
>southern horizon to your zenith (straight up).  At 6:48 pm, it will 
>fade into the east-southeast horizon.
>
>Check it out at Heavens Above: http://www.heavens-above.com/
>
>I have watched these with binoculars in the past on occasion, but just 
>watching with my unaided eye seems more satisfying to me.
>Clear skies!
>
>Randy Peterson
>EVAC Events co-coordinator
>events@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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