Ya can look but clear or not you won't see either, they're both in shadow. They have to be sunlit to be visible.
I've seen passes of both where the ship passes into shadow during the pass. It would just disappear in an instant.
Sent from my iPod Rick Tejera Editor, SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org K7TEJ
On Feb 25, 2011, at 17:10, Clint Bradford clintbradford@mac.com wrote:
It appears (pun intended) that North America might be able to watch the Shuttle chase the ISS this evening.
For Southern California ... times n PST tonight ...
Aos: 2011/02/25 22:33:45 329.8 0.0 Max: 2011/02/25 22:38:24 37.4 13.4 Los: 2011/02/25 22:42:29 92.4 -0.0
Aos: 2011/02/26 00:08:42 308.0 0.1 Max: 2011/02/26 00:13:57 201.8 45.9 Los: 2011/02/26 00:18:32 144.8 -0.0
Anticipating it being even brighter than Sirius.
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