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Old 22-08-2013, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese View Post
Well done Peter. Nice resolution. The object is resolved enough to see it is elongated. Is it Hubble?
Ta Paul... it's the Chinese space station Tiangong-1. ( noted the top of the webpage )

I think it is easily resolvable with a zenith pass (360km....Thierry Legalt has done excellent work at that distance) but I was pushing the envelope at double that.
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