Hello all, My girlfriend Lucille and I just made an observation we thaught was almost impossible, that of Hubble and Columbia from as far north as 46 deg. latitude. All conditions were favorable this morning except for the Moon that was right over the spot where I was waiting for the Shuttle with my 20x80 binocs. Lucille spotted it first with her 8x40 at around 04:49:30 EST (09:49 UT) a little while after shadow exit. I then picked it up in my 20x80 and followed it for about four minutes. Maximum elevation was at 7.5 degrees and magnitude estimated at +3. It was hardly visible to the naked eye because of the interfering Moon. I lost it at 1.5 degree above horizon because it became too dim. It was the first use of our new balcony at the second floor of our home with an unobstructed view of the southern horizon. We made a balcony on both sides of the house on the second floor with no roof over them so we could be well placed to make satellite observations. It paid off this morning ! I wonder what was the northernmost latitude from which Hubble was observed. We're going back to bed :-) Dan -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-5:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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