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To: mewzilla

cool, wondered if you can see them. i’m guessing that they’re not a bright as the iss. thanks for the info. n2yo.com tracks the passes over your qth.


7 posted on 06/03/2020 7:00:10 PM PDT by sjm_888
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The ISS is much brighter, but because there was a straight line of the things, they were real easy to pick out. A long, creepy line whizzing across the night sky.

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10 posted on 06/03/2020 7:04:12 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: sjm_888

The one time I saw the last group (at dusk, “winking out” one by one as they passed into Earth’s shadow - very cool!) they were very easily visible.

I’m not sure I can get from n2yo.com tracks to whether any given sat will be visible, as that will depend on the track, time, altitude and Earth’s shadow. I think I’d need a short course in it to work with that...!

The site would do well to add a simple “should be visible at (time of next near & readily visible pass)”. It (the site) already has my location.

Approx. 90 minutes from now actually looks pretty good, as best as I can presently guess, but, it is cloudy...


27 posted on 06/04/2020 1:03:49 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left wort h controlling.)
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To: sjm_888

Ah, I think I found it for the ISS...

https://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=25544#


28 posted on 06/04/2020 1:10:23 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left wort h controlling.)
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To: sjm_888

It’s heading down the Baja Peninsula right now.


31 posted on 06/04/2020 5:28:30 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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