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Post by gipsy on Oct 30, 2022 20:01:07 GMT -6
We ae seeing a new object in our sky after dark. It appears to be south east of the ISS but larger so I assume it is closer, and it is brighter also. Anyone have an idea what it is?
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Post by papaof2 on Oct 31, 2022 0:07:26 GMT -6
You haven't heard?
Folks on Jupiter's moon Io thought "ISS" was "Intragalaxy Space Station" so they brought their contribution. Their "add-on" mosule is 20 feet longer and 11 feet bigger in diameter than the ISS itself, but it is a self-contained module that handles the ammonia atmosphere those folks need and it has communications interfaces that can translate between their written and spoken languages and all the Earth-based languages they've heard from the ISS.
Their solar panels are also 42% efficient and they produce lots of power when they're this close to the Sun - so they can be backup power for the ISS. ;-)
Not a good idea to pose serious questions when I slept much of the afternoon on a too-thin pillow and my neck still doesn't have a full range of movement ofter hours of heat and slow stretching. I hate being old... but it's better than pushing up daisies.
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Post by gipsy on Oct 31, 2022 7:26:14 GMT -6
RIGHT?  ? |
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Post by gipsy on Nov 1, 2022 10:53:01 GMT -6
Well it appears there is now a third one south of the newer one. The sky is filling up.
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Post by papaof2 on Nov 1, 2022 19:52:52 GMT -6
They had a baby together? ;-)
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Post by gipsy on Nov 2, 2022 7:25:42 GMT -6
perhaps
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Post by gipsy on Nov 21, 2022 21:01:59 GMT -6
The third one is out of sync with the other two like it is moving faster.
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Post by papaof2 on Nov 22, 2022 1:17:15 GMT -6
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Post by gipsy on Nov 22, 2022 7:50:41 GMT -6
Just fun to watch when there are no clouds.
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Post by gipsy on Nov 25, 2022 21:16:23 GMT -6
Well what do you know. There is now a fourth one south and behind the third. It does make you wonder.
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Post by techsar on Nov 25, 2022 21:35:49 GMT -6
Clean the spots off of your glasses? LOL
Orion (the space capsule) is close to the moon now, too.
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Post by gipsy on Nov 25, 2022 22:09:09 GMT -6
I doubt you can see that with a naked Mark-2 -eyeball.
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Post by gipsy on Jan 15, 2023 17:46:29 GMT -6
They have kind of disappeared. I caught 1 last night very late.
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Post by gipsy on Feb 16, 2023 17:18:55 GMT -6
We are back to one and it is running later then it used to
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Post by gipsy on Apr 6, 2023 21:21:30 GMT -6
Well that one has grown. It now looks like a dumbbell. I can see the two lights and they appear to be connected. Wonder if the ISS had a baby?
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Post by techsar on Apr 7, 2023 15:14:11 GMT -6
Break out the telescope and let us know..
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Post by gipsy on Apr 7, 2023 15:58:40 GMT -6
Sorry no can do. Naked Mark 1 eyeball is my only observation tool.
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