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A frequent photoblog with select favorites of my photographs. Subjects are typically nature, landscape, astrophotos, existing light.
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With a regular binocular can one see its "wing" and body clearly?
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The ISS is about 110 meters across (or will be soon when it is finished). It orbits on average at about 350 kilometers altitude, so applying a little trigonometry, the largest it will appear during a pass straight overhead will be about 1 arcminute. The Moon is about 30 arcminutes across. You ought to be able to see that it is not perfectly stellar, but you won't see too much more with binoculars. I would have looked at it with my binocs during this pass except I forgot to bring them with me. Give it a look, though & let me know!
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