Hi Daniel Deak wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Tonight (Feb. 15, local) there was a beautiful Shuttle pass culminating at > 23:11 UTC at 45 deg. elevation to the northeast. Its magnitude reached > -3 but what surprised me was that a tail of something was coming out of > the Shuttle northward, about 50 to 60 degrees upward. It was about a > half degree in length. > > While viewed head on when it was ascending, it looked straight. But when > it passed in front of me, I could clearly see the cloud was being deflected > and trailing behind for a few degrees. It lasted for all of the pass. > Could it be a water dump ??? > > It was a great sight ! I observed it too. I was on the road and had to stop in a parking lot, could not find a dark place but Endeavour was so bright, it was a beautiful sight. I could not see the trailing cloud naked eye but I saw it with binocs. I did think of a water dump but I did not know if a water dump could last so long so I decided it must have been some optical illusion due to the ambient light or something like that. But if you have seen it, then it must have been it ! It was indeed a great sight ! -- Patrice Gambaro 45.8379°N, 73.9162°W ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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