I used 7 x 35 binoculars to watch the Station followed a few minutes later by the very bright Shuttle. I swear I could see the shuttle as a triangular shape. Was I imagining this? Tom Iowa USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchell" <escape@velocity.net> To: "SeeSat" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:42 PM Subject: ISS-Endeavour report > Wow, just came in from a beautiful pass at 80 degree altitude. I followed > them as long as I could in my 10" scope at 61x. Stunning! Brilliant white > triangle shape with the two orange solar arrays jutting out the sides. > Easily outshined Jupiter. > > It was clear all day until 1 hour before show time. Clouds rolled in (as > usual), but it ended up clearing out after 30 minutes, whew! > > Clear skies, > Bill > 42 4' 18" N > 80 8' 33" W > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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