It is still not a true daylight object , but with awful conditions prevailing here for the last three months making night obs almost impossible I have reverted to daylight viewing. OK ISS isn't a true daytime object , but it flashed across the sky here about 30 minutes ago and was picked out quite clearly in a 9 arc min FOV. Elevation was 53 degs with the Sun well above the horizon.. http://i25.tinypic.com/xc9i10.gif Daylight pass Ascending Orbit. Earth revolutions since launch: 61123.2 Culmination 19h25m59s -3.8mag az:169.9° S h:53.6° distance: 438.3km height above Earth: 357.7km elevation of sun: +15° John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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