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["Neville Cole" <nevillecole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know, I was surprised too, but here's what was on Heavens Above:

ISS   Aug 06, Mag 0.3

Start Time = 05:20:03, Alt = 10, Az = SSW
Max Time = 05:22:51, Alt = 40, Az = SE
End Time = 05:25:39, Alt = 10, Az = ENE


STS-114  Aug 06, Mag -0.2

Start Time = 05:20:07, Alt = 10, Az = SSW
Max Time = 05:22:54, Alt = 40, Az = SE
End Time = 05:25:42, Alt = 10, Az = ENE

Neville


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From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Definitely a beautiful sight
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 12:29:06 -0400

Hmm, Shuttle brighter than ISS?  I have seen several other ISS/STS events 
when they are separated, and ISS has always been quite a bit brighter.  And 
currently, the ISS is an even larger body than it was in previous sightings.

Tom




 > From: "Neville Cole" <nevillecole@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 > Date: 2005/08/06 Sat AM 08:41:42 EDT
 > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Definitely a beautiful sight
 >
 > The Shuttle/ ISS pass sure was worth waking up for!
 >
 > Like Thad, I also missed a good part of it due to clouds, but you know, 
the
 > thin clumpy ones they passed behind kinda added to the whole experience 
as
 > they winked in and out of visivility behind them before they went behind 
the
 > thicker ones.
 >
 > According to Heavens Above, the ISS was the dimmer leading object and the
 > shuttle was the brighter trailing one.  I thought the ISS would have been
 > brighter, being a larger object overall, but perhaps the geometry of how
 > each vessel is oriented towards us matters.  Or maybe the shuttle's doors
 > are still open?  Dunno.
 >
 > Neville
 >
 >
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