Pacrat
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| ISS visible tonite
The International Space Station is supposed to be naked-eye visible for about a minute and a half at 8:47pm tonight (Cleveland time). It should start out at the NW horizon and toward the south east. It's only supposed to be visible until it gets into the shadow of the earth.
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rds24a
Teach Your Children
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clubs: | Thanks for the heads up. That was a spectacular view.
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Warzau
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Naperville, IL
clubs: | reply to Pacrat
Too much cloud cover over me. |
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Pacrat
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We had crystal clear skies and a fantastic view as it passed brightly overhead. That sucker really hustles across the sky. My grand-daughter and I watched it from the NW horizon until it blinked out it the ESE sky. Supposed to be better viewing tomorrow, as it should be higher in the sky, but the weather forecast is for clouds. It was a lot brighter than I anticipated. Couldn't miss it!
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RadioDoc
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8:12 PM CDT here tonight, another opportunity.
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drslash
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Marion, IA | NW to SE again? |
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Jtmo
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Novato, CA | reply to Pacrat
»spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/s···SOP.html |
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RadioDoc
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That was so bright I think you probably have seen it through clouds! No mistaking it, that's for sure, even through the urban light pollution here. |
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drslash
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Marion, IA | reply to Pacrat
Cloudy here.  |
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RadioDoc
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Another chance at mag -3.5 (tonight was -3.8) on April 2.
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drslash
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If I am reading the NASA information correctly, tonight will offer a good view, right? 9:18 pm CDT.
What direction in the sky will it appear and to what direction? NW to SE?
Edit: Looks like SW to ENE tonight? |
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RadioDoc
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| SSW to ENE. Should also be very bright at -4.0 mag.
You can get a short list of the most visible satellite flybys' times and other data by entering your Zip Code here:
»www.spaceweather.com/flybys/index.php |
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drslash
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Marion, IA | Thanks for that link. I got busy and when I looked at the clock, I missed it by a minute. |
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Warzau
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clubs: | reply to Pacrat
My Daughter reminded me about it when it was time to go to sleep. Plus I'm sure she wanted to stay up, but it was cloudy overhead. |
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gmo2
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Fulton, MO | reply to Pacrat
dang saw the post too late! |
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