Hi, I am planning on observing a solar transit by the ISS beginning at 12:36:05 PM Central Daylight Time (17:36:05 UTC) on April 15, 2003. The coordinates of the spot on the college grounds where I am going to be set up is 92d 19m 44s W (-92.3288890 Longitude) and 42d 25m 47s N (42.4297220) Latitude. The altitude is about 900 feet above sea level. I would appreciate having someone else verify my predictions using the latest TLEs which I would like to see listed in any response. Thanks! Tom Iowa USA P.S. What website/s are good for a quick understanding about why satellites seem to vary in their direction across the sky and so on. If I had a string and a globe or the equivalent on the Net I might finally grasp what it is that is happening up there! I would also like to be able to describe how the cycling of the ISS from evening sky to no appearance to morning sky is predictable. I need to sound somewhat knowledgeable to a person that is interviewing me about this event. :~) ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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