Tom Wagner [mailto:sciteach@mchsi.com] wrote: 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. ================ Tom, Using this TLE from the NASA ISS web site: ISS 1 25544U 98067A 03105.53106156 .00041100 00000-0 34010-3 0 9050 2 25544 51.6352 334.9570 0006812 21.4703 338.6736 15.58205811 11238 The ISS will indeed cross the Sun's disk, but about 9-seconds earlier than you predict (17:35:57 UT). Note that from your proposed location, the transit will not be through the exact middle of the sun--for that you will need to move 0.67 miles to the south. Ralph McConahy 34.5489N 117.2205W 912m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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