Hi Patrick,
A few of us had a good pass of the ISS last night around 9 at SPOC. SW to NE very bright.-3 to -4? How much brighter is it going to get? Bruce and Mark have all the cobwebs nicely removed from the Grim over the winter and it is ready for member use. Focuser has been improved and the green laser is nicely placed. Erik In a couple of hours minor planet 2008 FP is due to pass within
~160,000 km of Earth's surface (less than half the distance to the Moon). At that time it will be charging through Utah's skies at over 2,400 arc seconds per minute. Plus it will be high in our skies and an easy target for CCDs at magnitude 14.9.
But, of course, it's mostly cloudy now and rain is on the way.
Darn clouds...
patrick
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