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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-3--407364195 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Yes, it was a beautiful evening to take in the pass. Clear sky, gibbous = Moon, the brighter stars of the winter sky getting low in the west, and = the evening air filled with the chorus of Spring Peepers. The station = brightness probably reached a magnitude close to negative 4 (about the = brightness of Venus). It was neat to see the ISS fade into the edge of = Earth's shadow low in the ESE. =20 And as expressed in an earlier message, Chris Hadfield had the Halifax = area in his camera view. It was probably in a pass prior to this one. = I understand that tomorrow he will be answering questions with a group = of students at the Discovery Centre. He will be back in our sky about 10:52 out of the WSW but he will only = reach about 15 degrees before the ISS goes into Earth shadow (just = before the Little Dog Star, Procyon). Roughly a 30 sec window of = visibility. = http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=3D45.100&lng=3D-64.250&l= oc=3DAvonport&alt=3D54&tz=3DAST&satid=3D25544&mjd=3D56404.0781040509&type=3D= V Sherman Sherman Williams shermwms@eastlink.ca http://www.sherm39.com/Site_2/Home_Site.html On Apr 21, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Blake Maybank wrote: > My thanks for the alert, Sherman. Quite a sight. And much faster = than I expected (compared to satellites I've seen going by.) >=20 > Blake --Apple-Mail-3--407364195 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, = it was a beautiful evening to take in the pass. Clear sky, gibbous Moon, = the brighter stars of the winter sky getting low in the west, and = the evening air filled with the chorus of Spring Peepers. The station = brightness probably reached a magnitude close to negative 4 (about the = brightness of Venus). It was neat to see the ISS fade into the = edge of Earth's shadow low in the ESE. = <div><br></div><div>And as expressed in an earlier message, = Chris Hadfield had the Halifax area in his camera view. It was = probably in a pass prior to this one. I understand that tomorrow = he will be answering questions with a group of students at the Discovery = Centre.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>He will be back in our sky = about 10:52 out of the WSW but he will only reach about 15 degrees = before the ISS goes into Earth shadow (just before the Little Dog Star, = Procyon). Roughly a 30 sec window of = visibility.</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=3D45.100&lng= =3D-64.250&loc=3DAvonport&alt=3D54&tz=3DAST&satid=3D25544&= amp;mjd=3D56404.0781040509&type=3DV">http://www.heavens-above.com/pass= details.aspx?lat=3D45.100&lng=3D-64.250&loc=3DAvonport&alt=3D5= 4&tz=3DAST&satid=3D25544&mjd=3D56404.0781040509&type=3DV</= a></div><div>Sherman</div><div><br></div><div><br><div> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Sherman = Williams</div><div style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = font-size: medium; "><a = href=3D"mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca">shermwms@eastlink.ca</a></div><div><a= = href=3D"http://www.sherm39.com/Site_2/Home_Site.html">http://www.sherm39.c= om/Site_2/Home_Site.html</a></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Apr 21, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Blake Maybank wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><font = size=3D"4"><font face=3D"tahoma,sans-serif">My than<font size=3D"4">ks = for the al<font size=3D"4">ert<font size=3D"4">, Sherman. Quite a = sight. And much faster than I expected (compared to satellites = I've seen going by.)<br> <br><font = size=3D"4">Blake</font><br></font></font></font></font></font><div></div><= div></div><div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3--407364195--
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