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2024-09-03 20:01:09
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Ben Brockert on Nostr: I just made a naked eye observation of the solar sail! In urban Tirana near ...

I just made a naked eye observation of the solar sail! In urban Tirana near storefronts and a street light. It's not ISS-bright, but its peak brightness was less than but close to Vega, the only star I could see.

It moves quite a bit slower than ISS, since it's in a higher orbit. The brightness also fell off very quickly, as you'd expect of a 2D object, so you probably need to watch an entire pass or be lucky like I was.

Vega pointed to above, the solar sail in the middle.

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