Did anyone in Melbourne see it go over last night, approx. 7pm?
We were outside setting up the scope, and over it came from the West, and heading across to the East. Fully lit up the whole way, I'm not a mag. expert but surely brighter than Jupiter. I even had a couple of goes at trying to aim the scope at it.....no luck though!!
We had no idea it was going to come over, and I'm going to find out how often it crosses over here, to be at the ready next time.
Is the brightness dependent on the time it crosses? As it was just dark, it was very bright compared to all the other stars - and I'd guess the ideal time to view it - ; if it was flying over at say, midnight would it still be as bright?
BTW, it was silent, save a few gasps of wonder from us...
John