[NatureNS] Space Station Again Last Good Evening Pass for Now.

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Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 17:16:11 -0400
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There is much cloud around but from time to time there are large  
holes in the cover and a bit of open sky shows through; some of us  
may just be fortunate enough to catch a view of the Space Station in  
one of the openings as it makes its last good visible pass before it  
leaves the current cycle of visible evening passes.  It will be into  
December before ISS is nicely placed as an evening object again.

Date    Mag   Starts   Alt.  Az.          Max.Time  Altitude  
Az            Ends       Time Alt.Az.
04 Nov -0.7 18:11:47 10 WNW        18:14:34       67     SW          
18:16:24     19 SE

It is a nice high pass originating out of the west northwest. Between  
6:14 and 6:15 p.m. it reaches maximum altitude, 67 degrees above  
southwest,  almost the altitude of the summer sun, and remains  
visible well into the southeast (I doubt that the cloud will permit  
that). With the bunchy nature of cloud cover it looks like the only  
best hope of getting a glimpse of it will be if there is open sky  
near overhead in the south.  Tonight's pass will be particularly  
bright just as it reaches the peak of its pass.

I saw the pass Nov 1 and last evening. On both occasions the ISS was  
particularly bright,  brighter than I usually see it. This is  
probably due to the additional solar panel surfaces that were added  
just a few months ago.

Wishing there wasn't so much cloud,
Sherman

Sherman Williams
sherm@glinx.com
website:  http://www.glinx.com/~sherm




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solar panel surfaces that were added just a few months =
ago.=A0=A0</DIV><DIV><BR =
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