Being home for my younger brother's funeral today I had the opportunity to watch the ISS cross the sun again. According to Tom Fly's latest transit predictions, on 13 Apr at 9:51:28 AM local time the ISS would pass in front of the sun as seen from my backyard. At exactly that moment it did make the transit. I was using an 8" Celestron and the sun just filled the FOV. The Station moved by fast but I was able to perceive it as a sharply outlined black cylinder with something (the solar panels probably) sticking out a bit on opposite sides. Cheers to you Tom! Tom Iowa USA + + + Latitude: 42.473513 42 deg 28' 25" Longitude: -92.360413 92 deg 21' 37" Meters above sea level: 274 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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