[AZ-Observing] Re: Flare+HST+SS
- From: jack.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:03:46 -0700
I was referring to Tues the 5th. The one Paul mentions below is Tues the
12th.
Time marches on!
> Jack
>
> Great star party at Sentinel, and the facilities were marvelous. Is this
> space shuttle pass you are referring to at 6:00 on Tuesday the reentry of
> the shuttle, or merely an orbital pass?
> T+SS
> > > If I'm reading my Heavens-Above correctly, at 6 am Tues morning Mar 5
> we'll
> > > see a -8 flare followed by the HST/Shuttle in the same place. Flare
> > > Iridium26 is at 05:59:17 centered in the East Valley at 43^ at
> 176^(S),
> and
> > > the HST/Shuttle at 41^(S). starting at 06:00:33 from the WSW.
> > >
> > > See http://www.heavens-above,com for your location.
> >Paul said:
> > I watched portions of the 2nd, 4th, and 5th spacewalks to service the
> HST
> > live on NASA TV via the web:
> >
> > http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rrg2.pl?encoder/nasatv.rm
> >
> > I watched at 3:04 this morning when the let go of HST and slowly moved
> > away. At about 6:10, three manuevering burns later, I was outside and
> > watch the HST and the Space Shuttle move from the WSW to SSE. They were
> > already separated by a good 15 degrees.
> >
> > The space shuttle is scheduled for a landing at KSC on Tuesday morning
> > around 2 or 3 AM MST. Anyone know if the reentry pass is visible from
> > Arizona? I think it may be, but low in the SE for Phoenix.
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