Re: ISS IN DAYLIGHT

I can confirm this.

The next step is to look for steady daylight references such as Moon,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter; this helps in finding the ISS.

And the next step is to find the ISS in a moonlit night; this I couldn't
confirm yet.

rgds

-alex-


On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 7:16 AM JAY RESPLER via Seesat-l <
seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote:

>
> After seeing ISS in shadow, I wondered about seeing it in daylight.
> Since Venus is visible, I figured ISS should be too.
> Problem is lack of stars to pinpoint a location.
>
> Predictions for this evening had ISS directly overhead. That seemed
> simple enough and 10 minutes Before sunset I easily saw ISS through 8x56
> binoculars.
>
>
>    40.330  74.445  170.   JAY RESPLER Monroe       2000  7.0 16
>
> 2020 Oct   9  Fri evening  *** Times are PM EDT  ***  1915 614 Sunset 6:26
>
>   H  M  S Tim Azi El C Dir  Mag Dys F  Hgt Shd  Rng  EW Phs R A   Dec
> 25544 ISS            98-67A                   -2.2
> 18 17 27     305 70   358 -3.0   1 3  266 266  281 2.7 104 1655  49.1
> sunset 626
> 18 17 48       0 90 C   0 -3.3   1 3  266 266  266 3.0  89 1840  40.1
> 18 18  9     130 70   181 -3.3   1 3  266 266  281 2.8  77 1943  25.9
>
>
> Any one else spot ISS during the day with hand-held equipment?
>
> --
> -
> Jay Respler
> Monroe Township, New Jersey
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