[AZ-Observing] Re: Shuttle and Station at 50x
- From: "Peg and Sam" <pegsam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:42:07 -0700
Thanks for the heads-up (no pun intended) on this, Tom. Tonight's viewing
was excellent. Both objects were visible from SW of Ursa Major to about
Altair. I agree with your magnitude estimates.
I did _try_ to track at 170x but I won't be that bold in the future (at
least not with the scope I had out tonight - 8" Celestron SC). I thought I
saw something off to the SW of the Shuttle (approx. 1/2 shuttle length away)
as it cruised by, but I can't be certain. I could make out the solar panels
against the main compartment of the ISS and yes, they were orange by
comparison. Thanks, again, for bringing this to my (our) attention.
Sam
Tucson
http://www.balinka.com/astronomy.htm
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