iceman
13-07-2006, 06:21 AM
Wow, just got back in from an incredible few minutes watching the ISS go straight overhead.
Heavens-above predicted a -0.8 mag, and that may have been true once it passed the meridian, but while it was low in teh south, honestly it was at least -4! I compared it to Venus which was in the opposite side of the sky and it clearly outshone Venus!
It spent the next 4-5 minutes trailing across overhead, slowly dimming as it headed to the north east, actually going through Taurus, quite close to Arcturus and not far west of Venus.
It was an incredible sight.
I took some shots with the 350D, will process them and post them later.
Heavens-above predicted a -0.8 mag, and that may have been true once it passed the meridian, but while it was low in teh south, honestly it was at least -4! I compared it to Venus which was in the opposite side of the sky and it clearly outshone Venus!
It spent the next 4-5 minutes trailing across overhead, slowly dimming as it headed to the north east, actually going through Taurus, quite close to Arcturus and not far west of Venus.
It was an incredible sight.
I took some shots with the 350D, will process them and post them later.