It appears to be our turn- ISS "flies by" Jupiter on an excellent visible pass at 06:41 UTC on 6 May, just before shadow entry. The optimum location for an "eclipse/occult/transit" appears to be Kaikoura (a very tourist focussed location which is a base for whale watching and for "crayfish" aka lobster, but unfortunately not convenient for me to visit for this observation owing to a large stretch of water in between it and me!) The weather pattern is presently very unstable so the prospects for observation are quite uncertain at this stage. Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 41.261°S, 174.947°E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Fly" <thomasfly@j2ee-consultants.com> To: "SeeSat-L" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: ISS pass by Jupiter > I am not a happy camper right now... I just observed a brilliant ISS pass about > 4° under Jupiter, with almost perfect (dark) blue skies. > > If I'd headed south 93 miles (just below Columbia, SC), it would have gone right > thru, but 2.5 hours ago, there were just patches of blue in between all the > clouds- and hour later, of course, blue skies! (None of the weather services > predicted clearing this early, naturally.) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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