[NatureNS] Space Station Pass Sunday evening

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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:32:55 -0300
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Yes, it was a beautiful evening to take in the pass. Clear sky, gibbous =
Moon,  the brighter stars of the winter sky getting low in the west, and =
the evening air filled with the chorus of Spring Peepers. The station =
brightness probably reached a magnitude close to negative 4 (about the =
brightness of Venus).  It was neat to see the ISS fade into the edge of =
Earth's shadow low in the ESE.  =20

And as expressed in an earlier message, Chris Hadfield had the Halifax =
area in his camera view.  It was probably in a pass prior to this one.  =
I understand that tomorrow he will be answering questions with a group =
of students at the Discovery Centre.


He will be back in our sky about 10:52 out of the WSW but he will only =
reach about 15 degrees before the ISS goes into Earth shadow (just =
before the Little Dog Star, Procyon). Roughly a 30 sec window of =
visibility.

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Sherman


Sherman Williams
shermwms@eastlink.ca
http://www.sherm39.com/Site_2/Home_Site.html



On Apr 21, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Blake Maybank wrote:

> My thanks for the alert, Sherman.  Quite a sight.  And much faster =
than I expected (compared to satellites I've seen going by.)
>=20
> Blake


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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, =
it was a beautiful evening to take in the pass. Clear sky, gibbous Moon, =
&nbsp;the brighter stars of the winter sky getting low in the west, and =
the evening air filled with the chorus of Spring Peepers. The station =
brightness probably reached a magnitude close to negative 4 (about the =
brightness of Venus). &nbsp;It was neat to see the ISS fade into the =
edge of Earth's shadow low in the ESE. =
&nbsp;&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>And as expressed in an earlier message, =
Chris Hadfield had the Halifax area in his camera view. &nbsp;It was =
probably in a pass prior to this one. &nbsp;I understand that tomorrow =
he will be answering questions with a group of students at the Discovery =
Centre.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>He will be back in our sky =
about 10:52 out of the WSW but he will only reach about 15 degrees =
before the ISS goes into Earth shadow (just before the Little Dog Star, =
Procyon). Roughly a 30 sec window of =
visibility.</div><div><br></div><div><a =
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4&amp;tz=3DAST&amp;satid=3D25544&amp;mjd=3D56404.0781040509&amp;type=3DV</=
a></div><div>Sherman</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Apr 21, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Blake Maybank wrote:</div><br =
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size=3D"4"><font face=3D"tahoma,sans-serif">My than<font size=3D"4">ks =
for the al<font size=3D"4">ert<font size=3D"4">, Sherman.&nbsp; Quite a =
sight.&nbsp; And much faster than I expected (compared to satellites =
I've seen going by.)<br>

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size=3D"4">Blake</font><br></font></font></font></font></font><div></div><=
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