[AZ-Observing] Re: ISS Pass Tonight
- From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:34:30 -0700 (MST)
>> ...what looked like about a -16 magnitude. It is slightly overcast up here
>> tonight, but, the flare nearly cast a shadow, even thru the light clouds.
The quarter Moon is about -8 and the Full Moon (within say 12 hours
of Full phase) is about -13. Magnitude -16 is equivalent to more
than 15 Full Moons in the sky at the same time. Yet only "nearly cast
a shadow"? Since it apparently did not cast a shadow, would the
estimate actually be more like -6 rather than -16 ? (Yes, we'll grant
you a typo....)
\Brian
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