Well despite the additional array , the answer is no , not with the naked eye.....yet ! However , using high magnification it is possible to see some detail if you can locate the right pinpoint in the sky..at the right time. This morning at 1038bst I had a nearby lunar transit of both the station and ISS.Unfortunately due to other committments , I couldn't travel , so I set up from home , roughly calculating a point in the sky through which the vehicles might pass , then left the camera running .The Sun was just a few degrees to the east. The sky , for once , clear and very bright with the slim crescent moon only just visible. FOV was 6 arc minutes. Although no sign of Atlantis......ISS did flicker through the frames.....and the new array was visible. Predicted magnitude was 0.6 ( calsky ) You can see a full report , plus images at: http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/daylight.html John http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/March2005.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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