[AZ-Observing] SuitSat sighting
- From: Joe Orman <joe.orman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: AZ-Observing mailing list <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:40:50 -0800 (PST)
This evening (Fri Feb 24), from my backyard in the East Valley, I saw
SuitSat with binoculars as it passed below Cassiopeia in the NW. I'd estimate
between 4th and 5th magnitude, based on background stars. I was looking pretty
much through the Phoenix light dome -- would need much darker skies to see it
with the naked eye. Luckily I was looking through the binoculars ahead of
time, because the pass was about 2 minutes earlier than the prediction I had
downloaded from heavens-above.com this morning. I followed it with the
binoculars until it disappeared in the Earth's shadow below Polaris.
SuitSat info:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/26jan_suitsat.htm
Sunday evening (Feb 26) SuitSat will make another pass visible from Arizona.
If you want to see it yourself, here are some directions I copied from another
mailing list.
--Joe Orman
> Go to the Heavens-above.com site.
> On the home page under Satellites, press the Select a satellite from the
> database.
> On the Select a Satellite page that you are now on, type in SUITSAT in the
> box that says Satellite Name then hit submit.
>
> You should be on the Satellite Search Results page now.
> Click on the Suitsat (written in blue) in Earth Orbit.
>
> After being directed to the SUITSAT- Information page,
> click on Passes which appears above the Earth on the right side of the
> page.
>
> This will show a page of dates and times for the passes.
> If you click on the dates in blue, a detailed pass chart will come up
> next.
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