(meteorobs) ISS and Shuttle seen from lower Westchester, NY

meteoreye at comcast.net meteoreye at comcast.net
Wed Dec 20 13:08:31 EST 2006


I too was able to observe them as separate objects with binoculars. It was interesting to see the brightness shift between the two of them as the sun angles changed. Hope others had luck..
Sorry to hijack meteorobs, but this is a very rare sky event

Meteor Wayne

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> 
> SUCCESS! Both Discovery and ISS seen from outside 
> News 12 studios in Yonkers, NY. They appeared as an "elongated star" 
> brightening up to at least magnitude -2 under a sky with some 
> scattered cumulus clouds. 
> 
> 
> In binoculars the two spacecraft were readily visible, side-by-side. 
> I watched them as they faded into the Earth's shadow. 
> 
> A GREAT SHOW! 
> -- joe rao 
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