[GCARC] near direct overhead visible ISS pass - tonight 5:40pm!

[Douglas Dersch]

There are some that pass South to North, I sit out and watch till I see 2 or 3 satellites pass over as darkness sets in and they are at12-15 minute intervals.

The satellites are about the intensity of weak stars and will fade and disappear like the station did.

I'm thinking they are the internet satellites LEO ones like Starlink. I should get an app out to check though.

Glad to hear others thoughts. The ISS pass was brilliant tonight.

For other ISS passes I have seen the docking craft that bring supplies and remove waste. Not sure if one was scheduled. But the docking craft will be on the same track as the ISS.  vs the satellites which I see going South to North.

Doug
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Subject: Re: [GCARC] near direct overhead visible ISS pass - tonight 5:40pm!

about the same brightness as Venus which was east of it. Pretty remarkable how much space it cover in such a short time. It looked like Mars south and east of it. It has a red appearance east of it.
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Subject: Re: [GCARC] near direct overhead visible ISS pass - tonight 5:40pm!

Probably not the tool bag - you’d have needed binoculars. But thanks to Jim for pointing out another great activity for the GCARC.

At the clubhouse early this morning Greg W5DO and I made 11 meteor scatter contacts using the Flex 3000, the Elecraft amp running about 1200 watts and the 6 meter beam. Another shower is coming in early December that may be easier to work (peaking around 11 PM instead of 3 AM!) and we’ll be checking it out too.

https://www.space.com/international-space-station-spacewalk-lost-tool-bag-photo

73 de Jon WB2MNF

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Subject: Re: [GCARC] near direct overhead visible ISS pass - tonight 5:40pm!

That was a good pass!  I saw another smaller object pass overhead a minute
or two ahead of the ISS.  Any guesses on what it was? Could it have been...
the missing tool bag ???

DE K3TS

On Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 12:33 PM Jim n2gxj <jim.n2gxj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey, if meteor bounce off the Leonids didn't give you a chance to look up,
> here is another!
> If clear skies tonight (and is looking good for that), there is a visible
> pass of the ISS tonight.
> Should be able to just go outside, face SW, and a bright dot will rise up
> from the horizon around 5:38, a couple minutes later will be passing near
> straight overhead at 5:40, and then it will set, disappearing into the
> Earth's shaddow in the NE a couple of minutes after that.
> It should be a very bright dot and easy to see tonight (.-3.8 for you
> amateur astronomers out there)
> Oh, and if you have an FM ham radio, turn your antenna horizontal (parallel
> to the ground and sideways to the visible pass) and tune to 437.8 Mhz FM
> (Tune a little higher in frequency on the dot's way up, a little lower on
> the dot's way down), with the squelch set to 0 (turn off squelch).
> On 437.8 Mhz, when the ISS is overhead you might just hear some chatter on
> the cross band repeater.  For bonus, if you have two radios, transmit on
> the second radio on 145.99 Mhz FM with a PL tone of 67 to try and make a
> contact with someone, while seeing if can hear your own voice on receive
> radio you have tuned to 437.8.
> Good luck!
> Jim
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