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I had gotten an email notice of an expected flyover of the ISS last night (10/10/19). Due to come out of NxNW pass pretty high in the sky and dive into the earths shadow close to the nearly full moon.
It was quite a sight and persisted for over a minute gliding silently and quickly stark contrast in the early dusk sky.
I have attempted to catch passes of the ISS before and usually fail, looking in the wrong direction, clouds, missed timing, etc. But last night was quite successful.
The only thing I wish I had done would be to grab the binocs. Did not think of it till it was over
Tom
Current Equipment:
Mount: Celestron CGX-L
Scope: 130mm f7 APO
Cam: ASI071mc-pro
Nice fly-by of International Space Station. One of the reasons why I have have a small pair of binoculars dangling under my coat most of the time. But, as always, when one has forgotten them, something interesting happens.
Refractors in frequency of use : *SW Evostar 120ED F/7.5 (all round ), * Vixen 102ED F/9 (vintage), both on Vixen GPDX. GrabnGo on Alt/AZ : *SW Startravel 102 F/5 refractor( widefield, Sun, push-to), *OMC140 Maksutov F/14.3 ( planets). Most used Eyepieces: *Panoptic 24, *Morpheus 14, *Leica ASPH zoom, *Zeiss barlow, *Pentax XO5. Commonly used bino's : *Jena 10X50 , * Canon 10X30 IS,*Swarovski Habicht 7X42, * Celestron 15X70, *Kasai 2.3X40 Rijswijk Public Observatory: * Astro-Physics Starfire 130 f/8, * 6 inch Newton, * C9.25, * Meade 14 inch LX600 ACF, *Lunt. Amateur astronomer since 1970.