I built my first scope in 1999; because of info I surfed on the internet. At that time I also was watching the ISS construction schedule, and the NASA tracking webpage. I used to watch the passes with some regularity then, and I always enjoyed them. I shared one particular pass with a coworker, on the roof of our factory, and I will always remember it. It was very high in the sky and for a long arc duration. I had read that The ISS can be seen as an object brighter than Jupiter, but I alway found this to be a little untrue. To my eyes the ISS was alway just about the same or a little less than Jove. Normally you just see the sun reflecting off of the ISS and see it shine, but on this night for a very short duration we were in the direct path of the reflected light off the solar panels and it was much brighter than Jupiter. The duration was short, maybe a second, but it was bright enough to make me blink.
Anyone else ever experience this.
Thanks Dave
Anyone else ever experience this.
Thanks Dave
