Re: ISS tonight maybe with the Shuttle following???

 We saw it tonight too. The second light seemed brighter. So which one was the ISS?

Ray

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From: Jim Varley <jbvarley@No-Spam>
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Sent: Wed, Sep 9, 2009 8:20 pm
Subject: Re: [TAC] ISS tonight maybe with the Shuttle following???

It was a beautiful pass tonight.? My wife and I sat out on the back deck watching the sunset and enjoyed seeing the ISS magically appear (or was it Discovery..?)? We then saw a second bright light appear and track along the sky.? The first object looked to be moving faster than the second one, but that could just be our imagination.? Both looked a little blocky in the 8x50 binoculars I had at the ready, but the second one looked larger, but my hands aren't the steadiest so it was hard to track and keep it steady through the field of views.

Both passed right near Polaris before disappearing behind the hills abutting our house.

I'm glad I saw this tonight, it's the last pass of this go around and we'll have to wait a bit for the next pass.

Does anyone know about how often the ISS passes over a particular region (I'm not even sure I know how to describe what I'm asking)?? I believe it performs one full orbit approximately every 90 minutes, but I'm not sure how often it "loops" over a particular region on the earth.

I guess I'll just watch on Heaven's-Above... :-)

Looks like tonight would be a good night to observe, but not for me, it's been a long travel day.

Clear Skies,

Jim

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