[AZ-Observing] Re: Definitely a beautiful sight
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- 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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