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Old 01-01-2009, 10:03 AM
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ISS Lunar Transit

I just received this alert from Calsky! Wish me luck!

Tuesday 6 January 2009
19h47m53.58s
ISS Crosses the disk of Moon. Separation=0.119° Position Angle=325.5°. Transit duration=0.89s
Angular diameter=30.6" size=73.0m x 44.5m x 27.5m
Satellite at Azimuth= 9.0° N Altitude= 35.1° Distance=604.5 km Magnitude=-3.5mag
In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward 4:25
Angular Velocity=32.4'/s

Centerline, closest point →Map: Longitude=149°52'12" E Latitude=-33°45'31" (WGS84) Distance=1.77 km Azimuth=311.0° NW Path direction= 41.5° NE ground speed=7.856 km/s width=17.0 km max. duration=1.0 s
Sun elevation=+4° Elongation from Sun=114°
Time uncertainty of about 6 seconds


Looking forward to this. I hope my mount is fixed. I hope the skies are clear. I hope I don't stuff it up!

Al.

Last edited by sheeny; 01-01-2009 at 10:05 AM. Reason: tidy up formatting of cut and paste
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