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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_D1JwsYhwBnC0ntd3oXYJQg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Glad that you caught it in time, Doug. It was a very nice pass. I saw it as it came into view from the WSW. Its light was quite reddish as it approached but gradually brightened to white light. Just after it went east of the zenith its brightness became comparable to Venus (around magnitude -4 ) (the brighter the light, the more negative the magnitude). The star in the SE that was visible as the ISS went by was Arcturus, one of the brightest stars at mag 0. As ISS passed overhead its altitude above us would have been about 350 km. It makes another visible pass tomorrow evening near 10 p.m., but it will only rise to maximum of about 31 degrees above the SW horizon. Its very last visible evening pass will be May 28th near 9:15 p.m. 28 degrees across the SW. It will be well into July before we get to see an evening pass to match the one tonight. Pass predictions: http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/ISS_Page.html On board space station: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Sherman On 25/05/2009, at 9:54 PM, Doug Linzey wrote: > Sherman Williams wrote: >> Sky looks like it will be very clear for an Excellent High Pass of >> Space Station Tonight! >> Last good one for evening viewing until mid July. >> If you get this message in time: > > Just in time -- caught the last 30 seconds. Extremely bright -- > great view. > > Thanks Sherman. > > Doug Linzey > Arlington --Boundary_(ID_D1JwsYhwBnC0ntd3oXYJQg) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Glad that you caught it in time, Doug. It was a very nice = pass. I saw it as it came into view from the WSW. Its light was = quite reddish as it approached but gradually brightened to white light. = Just after it went east of the zenith its brightness became comparable = to Venus (around magnitude -4 ) (the brighter the light, the more = negative the magnitude). The star in the SE that was visible as the ISS = went by was Arcturus, one of the brightest stars at mag 0. As ISS = passed overhead its altitude above us would have been about 350 = km.<div><br></div><div>It makes another visible pass tomorrow evening = near 10 p.m., but it will only rise to maximum of about 31 degrees above = the SW horizon. Its very last visible evening pass will be May 28th near = 9:15 p.m. 28 degrees across the SW. It will be well into July before we = get to see an evening pass to match the one = tonight.</div><div><br></div><div>Pass predictions:</div><div><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/ISS_Page.html">http://web.mac= .com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/ISS_Page.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>On = board space station:</div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html">http://= www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html</a></div><div><br></div= ><div><br></div><div>Sherman</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><= div><div>On 25/05/2009, at 9:54 PM, Doug Linzey wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sherman Williams wrote:</div> <blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sky looks like it will be very = clear for an Excellent High Pass of Space Station Tonight!</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Last good one for evening viewing until mid = July.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you get this message in = time:</div> </blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Just in time -- caught the last = 30 seconds. Extremely bright -- great view.</div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks = Sherman.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Doug Linzey</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Arlington</div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_D1JwsYhwBnC0ntd3oXYJQg)--
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