Hi all! My boyfriend and I witnessed a very nice pass of the STS/HST complex yesterday evening at about 6:36 pm EST. At least I thought they were still attached, as I saw nothing leading or trailing. Two really great aspects of this pass. We were up in North Jersey on a hill overlooking the New York City skyline. I was pretty sure that the pass would be visible even with all the light pollution, as the prediction was for about 2.1 mag. Sure enough, we spotted it just as it slid past Formulhat and we watched it for several minutes until it faded out of view. It slid past some of the famous sites of New York, like the Empire State Building. Neato! So, this became my first urban shuttle pass! :). The second aspect was that my boyfriend works in the aerospace industry, and he has actually worked on the gyros that were just installed on the HST. So I thought it was special to show him his handiwork as it orbited in space. It was really an experience, for the both of us. Clear skies and long passes! Penny Fischer 40.297N -74.359W ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* President, S*T*A*R Astronomy Society Monmouth County, N.J. USA http://www.starastronomy.org http://www.monmouth.com/~govega *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html