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Kyle T
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Reged: 10/08/08
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Loc: New England
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I was watching the ISS go over my house the other day when it suddenly disapeared. There was no clouds in the sky. It disappeared almost right in front of a star. How is this possible?
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star drop
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Loc: Cattaraugus Co., NY
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Hi Kyle,
Welcome to Cloudy Nights. The ISS will disappear from your sight when it enters the Earth's shadow just the same as any other artificial satellite will.
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Ted
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fishmagnet
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Ditto. Ted hit the nail on the head. Or maybe the crew turned on the cloaking device.
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Edited by fishmagnet (10/10/08 12:09 PM)
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hwhall
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Reged: 09/22/08
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You may see the reverse sometimes, too. I've been looking at a bit of sky when a satellite entered sunlight, and it appeared the satellite just suddently winked into existence.
--Wayne
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ChrisBrowning
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Reged: 04/23/08
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Loc: Jackosnville,FL
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Catching a satellite while observing through a telescope something is quite something to.
about a month ago, about 9 or 9:30 I was looking at M57 and it just cut right through my FOV. I of course made failed attempts to follow it, that lasted about 2 seconds.
But it was pretty cool.
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panhard
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Reged: 01/20/08
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Loc: Markham Ont.
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I will go with the cloaking device. 
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RandyR
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Loc: Castle Rock, CO 6677' MSL
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The Ceylons stole it...
Seriously, it moved into the shadow of earth. Happens a lot. When you live out here in the mountain states, sometimes it'll wink in and out a couple of times before it's gone. Sometimes if you're tracking with large binoculars, you can actually see it for a while after it's no longer visible naked eye. Not sure what the source of illumination is - except perhaps diffused light from high clouds...
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