re: "Magnitudes
Too late to save him (Frank Poole)....Now get back inside but HAL....;)
Read that the spacesuit is visible with binoculars: It oscillates from magnitude 4 to 8 as it rotates and if the golden visor is at the right angle it could shine enough for us to see with naked eyes....
Bit I don't know how far ahead it is from ISS .
