Hi Tom > P.S. Has anyone else sensed that it looks like a transit is not going to > occur when the satellite is at least 15 degrees from an object that you know > it is going to cross? Is this an illusion? Quick answer....yes , very much so. When trying to catch the station crossing Mars a few months back , I really thought I had mistaken a bright star for the planet . Both myself and son Andrew stood in the darkness , in unfamiliar surroundings , saying , no way is this going to happen !....But it did. To the naked eye it was a direct hit , .......but as we now know , through the camera lens it proved to be separated by about .07 degrees. Simulation... http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/sim1a.gif on the page http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/one.htm BTW http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/230504.gif is a new , small , animation which shows most of the May 23 pass. Quality isnt very good , but what it does show is just how much the truss radiators "glow" Regards, John From a very wet and cloudy UK :O( ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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