Hi all Just thought I would tell you about my sightings of ISS passing over my location, (below), yesterday and again this morning. This mornings one was especially interesting because it was at a time when it was almost daylight. What a beautiful and graceful sight as she passed overhead into the sunrise this morning starting as predicted on Heavens-Above at 6:36am NZT. I watched it until it had completely passed into the early morning blue sky and it remained clearly visible from my location until about 25deg alt. I think mag was higher than predicted and being no judge of mag as yet would say that is was similar to Mars which it passed nearby and which is plainly visible in the night sky at the moment. Couldn't see any detail with the naked eye or with 7x50 bino's. She was right on time and exactly as predicted by Heavens-Above. - I think I'll try and get some shots of her although I suppose they're a "dime-a-dozen". Maybe I'll get a good sighting of both when the shuttle separates? BTW - What an incredible sight Venus is in the southern sky at the moment! - It almost looks bright enough to be seen in broad daylight. Heads up all! Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Location - Kirwee, Canterbury, New Zealand Lat 43.5000 S Lon 172.2170 E Elev 150m GMT +12:00 Steve Adams Work Ph: +64 3 338 9059 Fax: +64 3 338 0445 DDI: +64 3 339 1623 VPN: 8523 Mobile: +64 25 370 467 VPN: 6219 E-mail: steve.adams@pdl.co.nz The contents of this E-mail may contain information that is legally privileged and/or confidential to the named recipient. This information is not to be used by any other person and/or organisation. The views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect those of the company. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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