I have placed a couple of images from STS 105 at : http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/satcome.htm John. To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 10:14 PM Subject: Re: ISS in a telescope > > I saw ISS in my telescope at about 4:16 UT on 19-Aug-2001 from Mt. > > Diablo > > (near Walnut Creek), CA, USA. A 10 inch f/6 newt. (Cave Astrola) > > with a > > 25mm Ortho. I saw it approach, I missed the closest part of the > > pass as I > > flipped the scope and I watched it recede. I followed it into > > shadow and > > far beyond until distance and low altitude caused me to lose it. > > There must > > have been a light on! > > I saw the previous pass of ISS & Shuttle, too (I was asked privately to > say what I saw. It's more than a month late, I know, but better late > than never, I say). IT WAS INCREDIBLE!! To see two manned objects in > the sky at one time, very bright objects, and then be able to catch both > of them in my telescope- quite rare and incredible! I observed at 47x, > with a 80A (light blue) filter, I think. I forget what the Space Shuttle > looked like, but the ISS definitely showed some structure (exactly what I > forget). > > It had been a very long time since I had seen something that was so > beautiful. You'd think it was nothing spectacular, just two objects > (which I have seen individually before), but it was so incredible! I > felt inspired by what I saw. > > I think it classifies as my #1 sighting. > > ------------------------------ > Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com > 39.706d N 75.683d W ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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