Dear Penny, Don't forget to include the possibility of the Shuttle itself adding brightness to the Shuttle-ISS configuration. I have seen the Shuttle Orbiter in an early evening pass with favorable lighting at magnitude -1.5, definitely as bright as a good pass of Mir. I would account the current brightness of ISS to the presence of the Shuttle Orbiter, and favorable lighting. From my attempts to photograph Mir, I would say that the new panels are more likely to decrease the visibility of ISS due to the enormous shadows they might create... Just a guess, though. -- Tom Troszak, Asheville, NC, USA 35.601 N, -82.554 W mailto:tom@bullhammer.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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