Joe Rao wrote: >> At the range of 841 km, their angular separation was 22 arc min, which >> would have been easy to split, except for the glare from the brilliant >> station. > > Hi Ted -- > > I think you may have meant to say 22-arc SECONDS. A separation of 22 > arc minutes would have been nearly twice the distance of Mizar and > Alcor (in the Big Dipper) and would have been easy to split both with > 25 x 100 binoculars and even with the unaided eye. Yes, meant to write arc sec. Thank you. > And while waiting for the ISS/Shuttle to show up, Venus and the > crescent Moon certainly made for a lovely "celestial tableau," didn't > they? Indeed. While I stood waiting for ISS/Shuttle, I enjoyed seeing Venus, the Moon, Saturn, Mars and the Comet strung out over a nice long arc. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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