[amsat-bb] Re: Viewing AO-51

[Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I believe it is impossible to get a visual sighting of something  
> that small at that height. There are thousands of objects in orbit  
> around our earth. A bag of groceries at 300 miles up would take more  
> seeing ability than a human set of eyes can provide.

Pssst, Jim: You saw the ISS just the same way I saw AO-51. Neither of  
us saw the bird without it being illuminated by another source for us.

Clint Bradford


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