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Stargazing: Chinese satellite makes appearance Friday night


Stargazing: Chinese satellite makes appearance Friday night China’s experimental Tiangong 1 is one of the two brightest satellites visible tonight. At its brightest it is expected to reach magnitude 2.5 which is almost as bright as the two stars at the bottom of the “cup” of the Big Dipper. The name Tiangong means “Heavenly Palace” and is part of China’s project 192 to build a multi-module space station. Two previous manned modules have docked with the Tiangong 1 but it is currently unoccupied. At 8:51 pm. the satellite starts a long path leading from the western horizon to its highest point in the NNW. The highest altitude is 36 degrees, which is between one third and one half of the way up to the zenith.    More



(Source: Florida Today - Aug 29)

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