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The passes were pretty much on the schedule: from my Avanport position, Discovery passed just south of overhead about 30 seconds ahead of the station (ISS) reaching the same position. Both were bright but as each went by to the eastward, the station brightened most. Both passed near the star Procyon (STS133 at 6:52 and ISS about 6:52:30). So with that timing, they were several binocular fields apart. You were looking for them being closer.
Thinking about the time separation ( 30 sec ) orbiting at about 7 km/sec, they would have been a little more than 200 km apart.
The crescent moon was a nice sight tonight. too.
Discovery deorbits from its last mission tomorrow. I'm watching a live NASA TV coverage from Discovery right now at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=public
Sherman
On 2011-03-08, at 7:00 PM, Peter Payzant wrote:
> Thanks, Sherman! It was a beautiful sight. They must still be very close together, though: I wasn't able to resolve it into two objects with my 42 mm binoculars.
>
> Peter Payzant
>
>
> On 2011/03/08 6:09 PM, Sherman Williams wrote:
>>
>> This evening (Tues, March 8) there is a nice high (nearly overhead) pass of both the space station and the shuttle Discovery (its last)
>>
>> The shuttle is apparently leading, reaching its high point a few seconds ahead of the station (the station should be brighter)
>>
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passes were pretty much on the schedule: from my Avanport =
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of the station (ISS) reaching the same position. Both were bright but as =
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would have been a little more than 200 km =
apart.</div><div><br></div><div>The crescent moon was a nice sight =
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2011-03-08, at 7:00 PM, Peter Payzant wrote:</div><br =
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<font size=3D"-1"><font face=3D"Arial">Thanks, Sherman! It was a
beautiful sight. They must still be very close together, though:
I wasn't able to resolve it into two objects with my 42 mm
binoculars.<br>
<br>
Peter Payzant<br>
<br>
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On 2011/03/08 6:09 PM, Sherman Williams wrote:
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type=3D"cite"> This evening (Tues, March 8) there is a nice high
(nearly overhead) pass of both the space station and the shuttle
Discovery (its last)
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The shuttle is apparently leading, reaching its high point a
few seconds ahead of the station (the station should be
brighter)</div>
<br>
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