For the first time in many months, I was able to see the ISS - in my telescope! I tracked it for a minute or so - manuallly - until it went into shadow. I forgot about using a filter, but I still saw a central mass/bulge that was flanked on either side by lines - solar panels, I assume. Became slightly smaller as it headed away. Became orange and red, then deep red until invisibility, thanks to our atmosphere. Hard to see details when it's constantly moving about. Make telescope tube still - it'll go across the entire field of view in only about 1/2 second. But I can definitely see something! P.S.: Actually I saw more detail then I'm telling here, but I've forgotton what I saw nearly a week ago. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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