Hi everyone..... With the morning ISS passes now sinking down the sky here in the UK , I thought that I would have a go at capturing the station in shadow. This monrings pass was max 28 degs , with expected magnitude of around +1 I picked up the complex as it brightened , before fading very quickly into shadow. Keeping both eyes on the target , one through the finder scope ,Marty feldman would have been great at this !) I marked the point at which ISS disappeared from view,naked eye, and tracked it for well over 15secs in shadow. As you can imagine , even with a theoretical magnification of over 300X , at a range in excess of 500 miles , the station is tiny....but the results were quite interesting. If anyones interested , I have placed a small strip image at the top of the ISS flare page. simply click on the ISS animation link from http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk You may have to increase screen brightness a little to view. Regards, John ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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