ISS seen, Soyuz not

From: Edward S Light (edlight@juno.com)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 17:44:27 PDT

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    Despite extensive clouds, I just saw ISS (25544=98-067A) make a lovely
    pass, rivalling Jupiter (mag=-2.1) in brightness. It rose in the SW and
    culminated in the SE (at 2001 April 07/00:23 UTC). The recent discussions
    on SeeSat regarding the attached or unattached status of Soyuz TM-31
    (26603=00-070A) prompted me to look for it during this good pass. If its
    intrinsic brightness was the same as when we saw it 2000 November 01, it
    should have been an easy naked eye object (magnitude 1 or better) but I
    saw nothing leading/following ISS naked eye or with 10x50 binoculars.
    
    Clear and dark skies!
    
    Ed Light
    Lakewood, NJ, USA
    40.1075 N, 074.2312 W, +24 m (80 ft)
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