[AZ-Observing] Re: ISS Pass Over Moon, Wed. April 1

  • From: Jack Jones <telescoper@xxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:41:09 -0700

It missed by a couple degrees to the E from 31st Ave & Dynamite in NN Phx. 
Good pass, but faded out when past the meridian. Did anyone see the tool kit 
fly by Saturn at 1930? I noticed it too late on Heavens-Above while waiting 
for the ISS. It was supposed to be bright at 5.7 mag.

Jack

stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I got a miss at the RV park near Congress.  It went about 30 arcminutes to
> the east of the Moon.  But, it was an interesting event.  I did see some
> elongation of the ISS in 10X50 binoculars and it got BRIGHT for about half
> of its track.  It was much brighter than Sirius, I would estimate -2 or
> so.
> 
> Fun;
> Steve Coe
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