They were beautiful. Does anyone know how far apart they were when they passed?
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:26:33 -0700 From: dalel2112@yahoo.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nice shuttle/station sighting Tuesday evening
That was a beuty to watch
--- On Mon, 9/7/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Nice shuttle/station sighting Tuesday evening To: "utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 10:48 PM
Assuming all goes according to plan shuttle Discovery will undock from the International Space Station tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday) at 13:26 MDT. Just over 7 hours later the two, still close together and both very bright and easy to see will pass directly over Utah.
Look for the two to rise, with Discovery in the lead, in the southwest about 20:46, pass high in the sky (virtually straight overhead for observers in N. Utah) at about 20:49 and then fade from view low in the northeast about 20:51.
Looks like they'll each pass very close (and for some areas right in front of) Vega at about 20:48:43.
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