[AZ-Observing] Re: Shuttle and ISS Pass Tonight

Gail and I observed the ISS-Shuttle linkup on Monday night, and saw the 
separated vehicles last night (Tuesday).  The two were separated by about 4 
degrees (2 finger widths). There's supposed to be a higher (33 degrees) pass 
tonight starting at 9:24 Phoenix time, and we'll be looking for that. 
These passes add to the number of great shuttle views over the years. 
Looking back, the greatest Shuttle experience in my mind was the pre-dawn 
reentry that we (Tom Polakis and I) saw from Vekol Road a few years ago. 
The twisted nebulous ion trail just hung there for a good 15 or 20 minutes, 
plenty of time to observe it with our scopes.

Paul


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From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:46 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Shuttle and ISS Pass Tonight


> Well, Heavens Above got the general circumstances correct, but there were 
> actually only four or five seconds separating the two craft, and ISS went 
> first, as Jeremy noted.  It was a pleasant surprise, as it's better to see 
> them in close formation.
>
> Tom
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