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["Bill VanOrden" <beevo1@xxxxxxx>]

I am planning on setting up in the SW corner of the Desert Breeze Park =
in Chandler. =20

You can reach me at 602-717-0171

Beevo

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Thanks for the heads-up, Tom. Nice capture of the ISS transit of the =
Sun.

Are you planning on setting up in a prticular spot and would you mind =
some=20
company? I may drive up from Tucson to try to get an image of this.

-Sam


> On Monday, April 14, there will be an excellent pass of the =
International=20
> Space Station over Phoenix.  The ISS reaches will appear low in the=20
> northwest at 7:33 p.m., and pass nearly through the zenith.  It will=20
> disappear into the earth's shadow at 7:38, when it will be low in the=20
> southeast.
>
> Since the moon is in the sky, it was worth checking the CalSky Web =
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> (http://www.calsky.com/) to see where the Space Station could be seen =
to=20
> pass in front of the moon.  Since the ISS is only 300 miles away when =
it's=20
> near the moon, parallax is significant; the path width is only 3 =
miles.=20
> Go outside that path, and you see only a near miss.  It's best to be =
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> the centerline.
>
> I plotted the centerline over the Valley, and uploaded three images to =
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> Web site.
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> http://members.cox.net/tpolakis/astro/ISS_path_20080414.jpg
>

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