Discovery and tank seen from Edinburgh

From: Alan Pickup (alan@astrowatch.org)
Date: Sat Aug 29 2009 - 04:32:34 UTC

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I watched Discovery and its detached external tank crossing Edinburgh's 
S sky at 04:20 UTC this morning, reaching about 14 degrees elevation. 
Discovery was less than a degree to the upper-left of the tank and 
reasonably steady near mag 0.5. The tank was distinctly orange and 
fainter when first seen, about mag 1.5, but grew brighter than Discovery 
to perhaps mag -1.0.

Please note that my email address has changed to alan@astrowatch.org

Alan
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Scotland  / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)

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