International space station flying over NZ tonight!
Jan 15th 2008, 12:54 am
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International space station flying over NZ tonight!
Get your binoculars out (or a massive telescope in our case!) 
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4356062a10.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4356062a10.html
Jan 15th 2008, 2:16 am
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Re: International space station flying over NZ tonight!
Get your binoculars out (or a massive telescope in our case!)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4356062a10.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4356062a10.html
Jan 15th 2008, 2:19 am
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Jan 15th 2008, 4:12 am
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Re: International space station flying over NZ tonight!
You two crack me up! We'll definitely be getting the big Celestron 'scope out.
Thanks for that BC! 
Jan 15th 2008, 7:21 am
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Re: International space station flying over NZ tonight!
Well we saw it in Auckland and actually you could (with binoculars) make out a cylinder shape rather than just a bright dot in the sky.
Jan 15th 2008, 7:22 am
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Re: International space station flying over NZ tonight!
When I lived on a plateau in SW France (middle of nowhere), I saw the shuttle pulling away from the ISS. Immensely cool! Could see tons of satellites with the nekkid eye there, too.
