> Hi, > We've been enjoying some warm weather and clear sky in the UK for the last > day or so. This has come at just the right time for a series of early > morning ISS passes. The first of these was 04:00 UTC 24th May and we > obtained our best images yet. No time to do much image processing yet but > the raw pictures are at > > http://www.btinternet.com/~mikejtyrrell/iss.htm and > > http://freespace.virgin.net/philip.masding/ Mike/Phil, Weather here in Greece has been cloudy the past ten days and it has proven to be quite an unproductive period. I am glad to see that someone else has managed to be more productive. As for the ISS, excellent pictures! Can you provide some details as to exposure etc? > The station displayed distinctly different attitudes during the pass. We are > setting up for another attempt in a few hours time subject to the weather > and ability to go to work with virtually no sleep! I have also pulled "all-nighters" and can attest to your enthusiasm. I am up now (3:00 AM) hoping that there is a break in the clouds for a photo of Iridium 43 scheduled to flare at 4:54 ... not that I expect a break in the clouds but just in case. > As a sideline have also observed the following Iridium flares (as predicted > by HA) - hope to have 35mm pictures of some of these in due course What is your experience with the predicted flare times? I have noted during the past three weeks or so for flares to be starting 8 to 15 seconds earlier than predicted?! Have you noticed anything similar? As an aside, I ping to the Atomic Clock minutes prior to the predicted flare and, therefore, I am certain that it is not a miscalibration issue on my end! Anthony. > 22nd May 21:58 UTC Iridium 20 Mag -7 > 22nd May 22:03 UTC Iridium 3 Mag -1 > 23rd May 22:06 UTC Iridium 25 Mag -2 > 24th May 22:00 UTC Iridium 47 Mag -4 > > This last one was given as 26deg Alt by HA but seemed to be more like 35-40 > deg (the camera missed it as a result!) > > Mike Tyrrell & Philip Masding > Manchester, UK > 53.275N 2.547W > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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