With my thick glasses it appeared,
dare I say, to hint at two-dimension
outline/form....It didn't appear impressive
at first [starting off at roughly the same magnitude as Castor and Pollux],
but it steadily brightened until it was clearly brighter than Sirius, and it continued to brighten until I dare say
it would have rivaled either Mars or
Jupiter in brightness...It may have
become as bright as Venus; couldn't be totally certain, though.
[off course, Venus is the "morning star' now]

I wonder, and I hope, that when the ISS is completed, and the sun/ISS/earth
angles are right, it may become as bright
as the thin-crescent moon [ex: one-two nights after new-moon].

cheers.

Jacob