hello everybody, finally I had another opportunity to observe genesis-I last evening, and finally I was able to observe it for the first time. I thought it would be quite a difficult object to spot from the location, 41.9100N, 87.6770W, the bucktown/wicker park neighborhood of chicago, quite light-polluted, terrific glare, and bad atmospheric conditions for seeing (clear but haze below approximately 40 degrees elevation.) the limiting magnitude in wicker park appears to be somewhere just above 4.10, as omicron 2 cygni was very difficult to discern, an inferior place to make observations, to say the least. my predictions were generated by HA but I can't say how accurate the timings were (my robic has finally died so I have been using the clock on my cellphone, which doesn't show seconds.) I watched that clock until it changed to 03:16:00 UTC 31 july and began watching sadr. I first caught sight of genesis-I moving in my peripheral vision, in draco, I believe, and expressed my surprise vocally: it was much brighter than I expected. It passed between omicron 1 and 2 cygni and delta cygni, headed for a close brush with sadr, brighter than omicron 1 cygni (3.78) and slightly dimmer than delta cygni (2.84) I would estimate its brightness at between 2.95 and 3.15. congratulations to the bigelow aerospace team and mr. bigelow. hopefully the day is not far off when I'll call up for a reservation. clear skies! stephan szyman chicago IL USA 41.6840N, 87.7000W; 188 msl ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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