I saw it!!!!

[matt]

I'm sure for most of you seasoned campaigners it'll be a case of "been there...seen that.."

But I had my first naked eye view of a space shuttle/ISS flyover this morning.

It appeared in the southwest of our skies here in canberra around 6.32am

I was surprised how bright it was.

It started to fade by the time it reached an easterly direction.

very cool.:thumbsup:

We've got a better (higher) view coming up thursday morning.

[h0ughy]

yep wednesday first taste for us, then thursday directly overhead

[venus]

Yes well informed thank you Chief H0ughy;)

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Search Period Start: 12:00 Wednesday, 05 July, 2006
Search Period End: 12:00 Saturday, 15 July, 2006
Observer's Location: Wallsend ( 32.9170°S, 151.6670°E)
Local Time: Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT + 10:00)
Orbit: 155 x 231 km, 51.6° (Epoch 05 Jul)





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Date Mag Starts Max. Altitude Ends
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
10-Jul 0.5 6:28:21 10 SSE 6:28:59 11 SE 6:29:37 10 ESE
11-Jul 0.6 6:00:38 10 SSE 6:01:08 11 SE 6:01:37 10 SE
14-Jul -0.3 6:08:29 13 WNW 6:08:43 14 NW 6:09:42 10 NNW

[ving]

bright isnt it! :)

[RB]

Excellent Matt.

Thanks

[newbie]

Hi, I was out looking on Saturday night and I saw something that looked as bright as a star falling fairly quickly down toward the horizon, probably a little south of east. It was falling too quickly for me to line it up and see it through my scope. Any ideas what that would have been anyone??:shrug:

[CoombellKid]

I'm a couple of hundred+ plus kms south of you at around 8pm? a lil
after the All Blacks victory :D :P I observed a rather bright meteor to
the south. What time did you observe it? may of seen the same thing.
It was heading directly down from around the SCP with a slight easterly
direction.

There are a 3-4 active showers throughout July with 7 active at the
months end. the Southern Delta-Aquarids is the one to look out four.
If you like imaging this type of thing, around the 28th July would be
a good chance for wide field (fisheye lens) long exposures. You might
capture multiple meteors.

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[newbie]

Hi Matt, yes I think it would have been around 8pm and it was going straight down. Hmm, might have to get out on the 28th and see what I can see...
Beth

[newbie]

Doh!! I meant "hi Rob"!!

[Jupiter]

Saw it this morning, very bright, couldn't get it in the scope though and clouds played their part too.

[matt]

Well done.

Thursday morning 6.04am will be pretty special here.

It's going to reach an elevation of 88 degrees...:scared: