This may be of interest to the list: > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-meteor@skypub.com [mailto:owner-meteor@skypub.com]On Behalf > Of Kelly Beatty > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 8:12 PM > To: asteroid@skypub.com; meteor@skypub.com; variable-star@skypub.com > Subject: AstroAlert: Space-Station Magnitude Estimates Needed > > > SPACE-STATION MAGNITUDE ESTIMATES NEEDED > > In an attempt to quantify how bright the International Space Station > "Alpha" appears to ground-based observers, SKY & TELESCOPE is asking > selected AstroAlert subscribers to make visual sightings of the spacecraft > and to report the stations's apparent magnitude to the magazine. Note that > the space station will be especially well placed for evening > viewing during > the coming week. > > Please keep your report(s) brief, as the results may be > tabulated, and send > a separate report for each sighting. Include the following information: > > -- your name and location (city/town, state/province, country) > -- date and *local* time of the observation > -- time after sundown (or before sunrise) of the observation (in minutes) > -- direction of ISS track across your sky (beginning to end, e.g. > NW to SE) > -- maximum altitude attained by ISS above the horizon (in degrees) > -- apparent brightness at pass's *midpoint* (estimate to nearest half > magnitude) > -- apparent *maximum* brightness (to half magnitude and where along track) > -- describe any unusual phenomena (flashes, etc) > > Please send your report to: iss@skypub.com > > (Note that, by submitting a report, you are authorizing Sky Publishing to > utilize your observation in its print and electronic publications.) > > For sighting predictions, please refer to one of these sources: > http://www.skypub.com/sights/satellites/iss_na.shtml (North America) > http://www.skypub.com/sights/satellites/iss_world.html (elsewhere > worldwide) > http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/station/viewing/issvis.html > http://www.heavens-above.com > > Thank you for your help! > > Clear skies, > Kelly Beatty > Excecutive Editor > SKY & TELESCOPE > ================================================================== > AstroAlert is a free service of SKY & TELESCOPE magazine, 49 Bay > State Rd., Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. This e-mail was sent to > AstroAlert subscribers. If you feel you received it in error, or > to unsubscribe from AstroAlert, please see our unsubscribe form > at http://www.skypub.com/news/astroalert/unsubscribe.html or send > a plain-text e-mail to majordomo@skypub.com with the following > line (and nothing else) in the body of the message: > unsubscribe meteor e-mail@address.com > replacing "e-mail@address.com" with your actual e-mail address. > ================================================================== > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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