Hi Everyone, I'm still astounded by the fact that the shuttle's floodlights, or any floodlights for that matter, are visible from 500 miles away. Is more info available on viewing the shuttle in shadow? I haven't been able to find anything using web or usenet searches. Specifically, what direction are the flood lights pointed in, are they currently shining on the ISS, are they always on, and how much would orientation of the shuttle affect visiblity? Has anyone else (other than Daniel Deak, Mike Waterman, and Tony Beresford) made observations of the shuttle in shadow? What were the circumstances? Unfortunately, it has been cloudy here for the past four or five days, so I have yet to see the shuttle. On another note, I ordered my first telescope (unless you count a worthless department store refractor) yesterday, an Orion 10" Dobsonian. It should be delivered in about six weeks. I can't wait! Patrick __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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