That is so cool Patrick! A 15cm object at almost 4000km distance... amazing! Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 7:54 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Vanguard 1 tonight Picture from tonight's first pass: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=68&g2_page=4 patrick On 16 Nov 2009, at 18:16, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
I just noticed Vanguard 1 (oldest satellite in space) is making two nice passes over Utah tonight: http://tinyurl.com/yjhv8yv
I've seen it a couple of times before.
As might be expected, to see a 15 cm sphere over a thousand km away, a telescope is required to see it.
patrick
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