Re: HST and STS-103
Robin R. Wier (rwier@cris.com)
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:38:21 -0600
National news reports Discovery visually sighting HST at about 75 miles
distance sometime earlier today, with a join=up this evening.
Heavens-Above gives visible passes (this evening) for the pair (Phoenix,
Arizona) separated by about 15 minutes. That figures (in my head) to be
about 4K miles apart.
Could someone please make these numbers add up?
Thanks,
Robin
Thomas A. Troszak wrote:
>
> My wife, daughter and I watched for the HST last night, and while we
> failed to observe the HST, (!?!) we did see the Orbiter following along
> 5-6 min. later, though a little lower in the sky.
>
> Which brings to mind a question that has been bugging me for a while. On
> any given evening, It is often possible for us to observe several sats
> with predicted magnitudes as low as 4.2 or 4.3, often with the naked
> eye, while other sats with predicted magnitudes as bright as 3.1 are
> simply not to be found, even with binocs. Any clues?
>
> Tom Troszak,
> Asheville, NC, USA
> 35.601 N, -82.554 W
> elevation 2,300 ft.
> http:www.bullhammer.com
>
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