27 May
2009
27 May
'09
9:21 a.m.
I was on the computer wrestling with some files at the time, and it slipped my mind, darnit. What you saw makes sense if you imagine the geometry. You and the sun are on the same side of the solar panel array just before ISS slips into shadow. Maximum surface area presented toward you and the sun. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Anyone see a flare during tonight's pass?
I couldn't say for sure because I was observing from a typically overlit parking lot but it looked like ISS brightened noticeably just before passing into the terminator.