[AZ-Observing] Favorable HST Passes for Arizona
- From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:59:37 -0600
Heavens Above indicates that there will be favorable passes of HST over
Arizona every evening for the next week or so. They happen at roughly
the same time, too. Look south between 7:10 and 7:20, and you're bound
to see it moving west-to-east, about halfway to the zenith.
Tomorrow's (10/23) event is particularly interesting for Phoenix, as the
star map shows it passing directly over Mars just before entering the
earth's shadow. The angular size of Mars and HST should be roughly the
same, so the two in one high-power field may make for a very interesting
photo op. HST will be many tens of times fainter than Mars, and moving
rapidly, so maybe not.
Go to www.heavens-above.com for more detail.
Tom
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