Hi Everyone, This is my first message to SeeSat in a while, I have been keeping up with the list but clouds and schoool have prevented me from observing in a while. I have not seen the shuttle for four missions, due to weather and lack of visible passes. Tonight looks like it might be my only chance to see the shuttle at a reasonable hour (I'm not getting up at 4 AM) but it is overcast right now, so I have my fingers crossed. Anyway, after a mag 0.1 pass at 7:20 local time, I also have a shadow pass at a little after midnight local, 5:11 UTC. The skys should be dark enough (and hopefully clear enough) by that time that I might be able to catch (in my 10x50s) the mag 6 or 7 glow of the shuttle's floodlights, if they are indeed turned on at that time. Does anyone know if they will be, or how I could find out? Thanks for your help, and BTW I'll be getting my first real telescope soon - either a 10" or 12.5" dob - so more observations (and maybe pictures?) are on the way! Clear Skies! Patrick W. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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