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The Berries (dad plus three kiddies) enjoyed the ISS passover last night, too!
Did others see the very bright satellite which passed over the Central Coast perhaps 10 minutes before the ISS? It was so bright that we thought it WAS the ISS until shortly afterwards the main event appeared!
I lined up the ISS in the finder of the Mary Rose, and only caught a fleeting sight of the ISS through the 22 Pan. I thought I could see some of the shape of the ISS, but to be honest it was so bright, I could not be certain that the shape was just glare.
Anyway, the kids loved it too. Noah got to try out his new 15x70 binos (courtesy of AOE and the IIS third birthday competition!). We scanned the heavens, and Noah had an opportunity to enjoy the Seven Sisters, M42, NGC 2516, the Tarantula etc through the binos. He went to bed about 10pm saying something to the effect, "That was great observing with you dad! Astronomy is one of my favourite things. Astronomy and maths!" I wonder if an astrophysicist is in the making????
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