jvarney@my-dejanews.com wrote: > > Saw Endeavour and ISS Dec. 15th at 0613 and 0615 PST from Sacramento, Calif. > Pass went from the northwest to the southeast in the predawn twilight. > > What was interesting was how they behaved differently as they went down in the > southeast. STS-88 stayed bright at -1 or so until I lost it behind another > house. ISS faded badly right after culmination and as it went down it became > difficult to see in the twilight at mag 3 or so. > > My hunch is I had STS flying "white side down" with the sun glinting off of a > perhaps closed payload bay, while ISS was end-on to me and is dull-colored. I'd missed the Endeavour but I saw the same ISS pass (my first!) from Tustin, Orange County, CA. Same effect that ISS faded rapidly as it went towards the dawn. Bcc'ing this to seesat-l. Best, Mark