Hello List, For the second time I've seen the Shuttle and its external tank, though this observation was a lot less spectacular than the one from STS99 in February 2000. For some 10 seconds or so I could see two dots low, about 5° high, in the west rising. I quickly started an exposure on my camera to look at them again, but I couldn't find them anymore. Skymap predicted that the Shuttle would enter the shadow at some 18° height, but I guess that due to the imperfections of the SGP4 model the Shuttle was at a lower altitude and thus entering the shadow before it reached the predicted point. Saw ISS afterwards which was nice and bright. During the 20 minutes I was outside I saw 3 Perseids crossing the sky, quite impressive. Clear Skies, Cees Bassa ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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