ISS Crosses the Moon Tuesday 29 August

[jakob]

Tuesday 29 August 2006 10h08m57.92s
Observer site Kellyville NSW

Info from CalSKY.com


ISS Crosses the disk of Moon. Separation=0.073° Position Angle=277.8°
Angular Velocity=20.0'/s. Transit duration=1.42s
Angular diameter=19.0" size=73.0m x 44.5m x 27.5m
Satellite at Azimuth= 96.7° E Altitude= 16.8° Distance=977.4 km Magnitude=1.3mag
Satellite apparently moves to clock-face direction 8:13 o'clock
Centerline, Closest Point →Map: Longitude=150°56'54" E Latitude=-33°42'53" Distance=2.62 km Azimuth=153.1° SSE Path direction: 63.1° ENE ground speed: 9.416 km/s width: 9.5 km max. duration: 1.5 s

Who is up to the challange?

[h0ughy]

if it is clear here I will give it a go with the video camera:thumbsup: , but rain is predicted in showers all week:sadeyes:

[h0ughy]

DANG!!!

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Search Period Start: 12:00 Monday, 28 August, 2006
Search Period End: 12:00 Thursday, 07 September, 2006
Observer's Location: Wallsend ( 32.9170°S, 151.6670°E)
Local Time: Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT + 10:00)
Orbit: 336 x 351 km, 51.6° (Epoch 27 Aug)


No visible passes found within the search period.

[[1ponders]]

Love to join you but it's a bit of a hike for only 1.42 sec

[ving]

in the middle of the day? gee! will we be able to see much?

[jakob]

Dark speck of dust for 1 second! :screwy: