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Wait until the second truss and set of solar arrays is installed on next shuttle flight (Atlantis, STS-115) next week !!
That should improve the magnitude a bit more :-)
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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:36:00 -0400 From: "Stargate" stargatesg1@verizon.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Just got a visual on the ISS!!!!
The thing that surprised me the most was how BIG it appears to be in the sky. What I could see with the naked eye looked like 2 large squares, connected at the points. VERY inspiring!! I wish I had taken my binoculars out with me. I will be watching for other passes. Strange thing is, I didn't hear any activity on 145.800. I figured I would hear some kind of activity.
RoD KD0XX
Do a search on Google Images for "ISS telescope" and you will see some photography of visible ISS passes. Here is an interesting one:
http://www.heavenscape.com/iss.gif
If you like watching the ISS go overhead, you will like Iridium Flares too. Check out this website for info:
http://www.satobs.org/iridium.html
Have fun!
If you like watching the ISS go overhead, you will like Iridium Flares too. Check out this website for info:
THanks. I was just about to post and ask about this. I used to observe the Iridium Flares about 10 years ago, but have long since lost the program I used for prediction, and actually had forgotten what they were called, or I would have googled it. But a couple nights ago I was watching a very dim sat go across the sky, and it flashed like an Iridium, although not quite so bright and it flashed more than once, so I don't think it was a real Iridium, but it made me want to try watching for them again. Thanks.
Bill Jones N3JLQ Sweden Maine wejones@megalink.net http://www.megalink.net/~wejones
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