McNaught and the ISS

horst · #1 23-01-2007, 01:19 AM

on Sunday 28th at 9:06:28pm, the ISS and two supply boxes are going to pass within 1 degree of the comets head , as seen from the standard Sydney position... according to Starry Night
I wonder if this is actually going to happen?

iceman (Mike) · #2 23-01-2007, 07:07 AM

Wow that will be quite a sight.. thanks for the heads-up.

Dennis · #3 23-01-2007, 09:53 AM

Here’s how it looks from Brisbane.

Sunday 28th 8:07pm. Separation approx 15 degrees.

Cheers

Dennis

acropolite (Phil) · #4 23-01-2007, 11:33 AM

I captured one last night quite by accident, (see this post) in Launceston the ISS passed over the comet on 22/1 at around 10:09pm during this pass.

22 Jan Mag 1.1 Starts 22:07:51 Alt 10 Az SW Max 22:10:27 Alt 25 Az SSE Ends 22:12:13 Alt 15 Az ESE

RB (Andrew) · #5 23-01-2007, 11:41 AM

Awesome, thanks for the heads-up.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #6 23-01-2007, 01:48 PM

Cool shot Phil, I missed that one.
Thanks for the heads up.

IceAgeComing · #7 23-01-2007, 03:40 PM

can the crew of the ISS see the comet? Any photos?

horst · #8 23-01-2007, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by IceAgeComing

can the crew of the ISS see the comet? Any photos?

they are faaaar too busy wondering what they are doing up there