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--Apple-Mail-27-970059377 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed ISS and STS-118 SEEN TRAVELING TOGETHER ONLY SECONDS APART Sunday evening my wife and I observed a very interesting pass of the =20 space station (ISS) and shuttle (STS-118) travelling one behind the =20 other. Although not very high above the Avonport horizon (no more =20 than 20 degrees at best), they were still an easy view to follow as =20 they crossed the SW heading in line for Jupiter. We did not notice =20 much difference in brightness,, shining like two 1st magnitude stars, =20= they sailed along in line about 4 or 5 degrees apart. According to =20 the Heavens Above prediction, Endeavour (STS-118) would have been the =20= one in front. Both faded from view as each encountered Earth's =20 shadow, just before reaching Jupiter's position. Interesingly, via the internet, I had been watching segments of the =20 same pass near real-time through the NASA camera attached to the ISS =20 as it passed over central Australia (I could recognize the reddish =20 brown colour of the continent and could make out Queensland's, Cape =20 York Peninsula, and the Gulf of Carpentaria) and then saw some of =20 the Pacific as they neared the BC coast just north of Vancouver =20 Island. At that point (10 p.m. ADT) it swithced to show coverage =20 taken earlier in the day, just in time for Bev and me to go outside =20 and find our viewing spot and dark adapt. Just before 10:09 p.m. they glided into view, first Endeavour then =20 ISS. Approximately 1.5 min. later they entered the shadow in =20 sequence, separated by about 3 seconds. As they entered Earth =20 shadow, they would have been near overhead in New York's sky. =20 According to an earlier announcement, the majority of the 10 folks =20 onboard the two craft would have been having a sleep period as we =20 watched them travel through our sky. I have to say, it was a special =20= bit of observing. VIEW TOMORROW EVENING (Monday, Aug 20) A higher pass is possible at an earlier time tomorrow evening =20 (Monday), beginning near 8:55 p.m. and reaching the peak at about =20 8:58 p.m. and lasting until about 9:00 p.m. The path is out of the =20 west, and across the southwest, maximum altitude reaching about half =20 way up from the horizon (higher seen from Yarmouth, lower from =20 Sydney). According to the Heavens Above predictions, the STS-118 =20 should lead the ISS by a few seconds. The pass is high enough so that =20= the ISS should be the brighter of the two. The track of this pass puts the two craft passing overhead above the =20= Atlantic just a few km south of Yarmouth (go to < http://www.heavens-=20 above.com/PassDetails.asp?=20 SatID=3D32008&lat=3D45.367&lng=3D-63.300&alt=3D23&loc=3DTruro&TZ=3DAST&Dat= e=3D39314.99=20 87691667 > and click on GROUND TRACK). You get both the sky track =20 against the stars and a ground track beneath the craft. If you want a prediction fitted closer to your location go to < http://www.glinx.com/~sherm/iss_pass_schedule.htm > , choose a =20 place nearest you; when the schedule comes up click on HOME near the =20= top of page and it will take you to Heavens Above with the page set =20 for giving the ISS and STS-118 predictions for the place you chose =20 (look under the heading SATELLITES). If you wish to get really =20 specific, you may edit your location under CONFIGURATION on the same =20 page. Viewing via the NASA camera is at < http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html > under =EF=BF=BC= Hopefully we will have a clear sky. Sherman Sherman Williams shermw@xcountry.tv On 19-Aug-07, at 5:59 PM, dowitcher wrote: > found fifteen species of shorebirds today on the island, > about 60 species in all. > 4 a. oystercatcher yellow bellied flycatcher > olive sided flycatcher. > 12 species of warblers. > windy and kind of fallish. > cheersssssssssssssssssssssssss > > Murray R Newell > Cape Sable Island > Nova Scotia > --Apple-Mail-27-970059377 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary=Apple-Mail-28-970059377 --Apple-Mail-28-970059377 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">ISS and = STS-118 SEEN TRAVELING TOGETHER ONLY SECONDS APART</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sunday evening my wife and I observed a very = interesting pass of the space station (ISS) and shuttle (STS-118) = travelling one behind the other. Although not very high above the = Avonport horizon (no more than 20 degrees at best), they were still an = easy view to follow=A0 as they crossed the SW heading in line for = Jupiter. We did not notice much difference in brightness,, shining like = two 1st magnitude stars, they sailed along in line about 4 or 5 degrees = apart.=A0 =A0According to the Heavens Above prediction, Endeavour = (STS-118) would have been the one in front.=A0 Both faded from view as = each=A0 encountered Earth's shadow, just before reaching Jupiter's = position.=A0 =A0</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Interesingly, via the internet, I had been watching = segments of the same pass near real-time through the NASA camera = attached to the ISS as it passed over central Australia (I could = recognize the reddish brown colour of the continent and could make out = Queensland's, Cape York Peninsula, and the Gulf of Carpentaria)=A0 and = then saw some of the Pacific as they neared the BC coast just north of = Vancouver Island.=A0 At that point (10 p.m. ADT) it swithced to show = coverage taken earlier in the day, just in time for Bev and me to go = outside and find our viewing spot and dark adapt.=A0=A0</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Just before 10:09 p.m. they glided into view, first = Endeavour then ISS.=A0 Approximately 1.5 min. later they entered the = shadow in sequence, separated by about 3 seconds.=A0 As they entered = Earth shadow, they would have been near overhead in New York's sky. = According to an earlier announcement, the majority of the 10 folks = onboard the two craft would have been having a sleep period as we = watched them travel through our sky.=A0 I have to say, it was a special = bit of observing.=A0</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR