Just saw the ISS from Yonkers, just outside of our News 12 studios just prior to sunset, as an E-mail alert I had sent out to several indivials and two local (NY) astronomy clubs on Sunday night. Have also received confirmation of sightings from two other observers (see below). I didn't see it until it passed almost overhead . . . then saw it ramp-up in brightness to perhaps magnitude -6 or brighter against the hazy/steely blue sky. Also used 7 X 35 binoculars. So yes . . . you CAN see the ISS in the daytime!!! -- joe r. ---------------------------------------------------------- I saw it from Katonah, NY, picking it with the naked eye when it flared (-6? -7?) shortly after it passed overhead. I watch lots of ISS passes, and this is the best flare I've seen. Are they becoming more common? Thanks!!! Brian Summers ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Joe, From my home in Lindenhurst, using my eyes alone, I looked carefully from 8:17 PM, and finally acquired the ISS at 8:21:10 PM EDT (checked with watch checked with WWV) and watched it drift slowly in a hazy but cloudless blue sky. The object brightened gradually, almost flaring at 8:21:21. It then dimmed and I was able to hold it visually until I lost it at 8:22:17. (Incidentally, checking the positions against Starry Night with daylight turned off helped greatly in predicting where to look- you had gotten the directions wrong in your e-mail, but the altitudes and azimuths were right.) Sam Storch **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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