I think some of the images Jin mentions were used by CCTV over the weekend. I have a short clip , 3mb in wmv format , which shows amateurs imaging both objects. Please drop me a line if you would like a copy....... John ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Zhu" <jinzhu@bjp.org.cn> To: "Ted Molczan" <seesat@rogers.com> Cc: "seeSat-L" <seeSat-L@satobs.org>; "zln_zhang2005" <zln_zhang2005@hotmail.com>; "kouwen" <kouwen@bjp.org.cn>; "jinzhu" <jinzhu@bjp.org.cn>; "universezx" <universezx@bjp.org.cn> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 5:16 AM Subject: RE: Shenzhou 6 return details > >Ted Molczan wrote: >> >>I estimate that retrofire is planned for 2005 Oct 16, about 19:46:35 UTC, >>over >>24.1 S, 7.0 E, with touchdown near 20:32 UTC.. > > From the current orbit, it seems that Shenzhou 6 will pass Beijing at > about > 20:20 UTC, which is just about 30 minutes after the estimation time of > retrofire. So what would that influence the orbit and observation > condition in > Beijing? > > By the way, some current observations: > > The weather in Beijing was bad for Oct. 13 morning. > > My colleagues and some amateurs watched Shenzhou 6 and its rocket in Oct. > 14 morning > at Juyongguan Great Wall, took some pictures and also video (via Watec > 902H). Paul > Maley was also there and made his observations. At that time I was on a > train from > Hefei to Beijing, and should be passing some place near Tianjin, and I did > see the > spaceship through the window before it reached the Big Bear, but then the > train turned > around and I could not see the later path. The weather was quite good. > > It was also very clear for next day (Oct. 15 morning) and I went to > Juyongguan Great Wall > with my colleages. Everything was okey and we saw the spaceship and the > rocket, also with > camera and video. > > This morning (Oct. 16) we went to Bei'anhe and made similiar observations. > It was > cloudy after midnight but was clear before the prediction time. > > The predictions are quite accurate and the objects seems 1-2 magnitude > brighter than > expected. My colleagues should post the link for pictures etc. later. Some > already > presented on newspapers and TV programs. > > Thanks for the helps! > > With best regards, Jin > Öì½ø > 2005-10-16 > ========================================================= > Dr. Jin Zhu Tel.: +86-10-51583002 > Director, Beijing Planetarium +86-13601369613 > No. 138 Xizhimenwai Street fax: +86-10-68353003 > Beijing 100044, CHINA email: jinzhu@bjp.org.cn > ========================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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