Bright Moon, Dim Shuttle
Mir16609@aol.com
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:09:28 EST
After being clouded out for the past 2 days I was really looking forward to
the STS-103 passes this evening. At 23:07 UTC Discovery/HST passed in the
south about 18 deg above the horizon. This was the first shuttle pass above
10 deg of elevation that i have observed where it never was visible at 1x.
It was in the +5.0/5.5 range.
Later at 00:45 UTC, 23 December, it was a negative obs for the minute or so
it was more than 10 deg above the horizon in the SW.
The ISS reached +2.5 mag as it passes 30 deg above the horizon in the west at
23:46 UTC.
I realize that this is not the brightest moon in 133 years but it is bright
enough for me.
Cheers
Don Gardner 39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL
Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
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