Clear skies give us an opportunity to see the International Space Station fly overhead not once, but four times this week. Last night's pass was breath taking. The addition of the Station's remaining solar panel arrays make the station one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Click the link below, enter your zip code and be sure to check out the station tonight. ;D
http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/index.php
Very cool!!!!!!!!! I will have to keep my eyes open tomorrow night to try and see it.
That is AWESOME, Brian! Thanks for sharing that.
Thanks for sharing that website Brian.
I went out with the kids last night and got a good view of it coming out of Scorpio, heading due northeast through Ursa Major, until it just disappeared north.
The boys loved seeing someing that was 220 miles in the sky, traveling over 17,000 miles per hour, and knowing there were actually people there. Really cool.
Be sure to check out tonight's pass. It will be brighter than last night's pass. :)
I caught it again. By accident this time. I was looking at some other things with a new set of binoculars I bought and saw an airplane flying in my field of view. I put down the binos and looked and the airplane was not anywhere close to where I had been looking. Turned out the ISS happened to cross the one 4.4 degree part of the sky I just happened to be looking at. Very cool.
I took my granddaughter out in the backyard every night this week to watch the ISS pass. Her newest word is: Space Station. ;D
Have you pointed your new binos at Jupiter yet? You should be able to see the the Galilean Moons and major cloud bands.
Oh by the way, if you're outside about 6:45 pm tonight look for the International Space Station to pass overhead tonight. Here's the breakdown for tonight's show:
10 Mar 18:45:27 10 NW 18:48:22 88 NNE 18:51:18 10 SE
http://www.heavens-above.com/AllPass1Sat.asp?satid=25544&lat=32.715&lng=-117.156&loc=San+Diego&alt=26&tz=PST
Quote from: PPI Brian M on March 10, 2011, 09:22:33 PM
Oh by the way, if you're outside about 6:45 pm tonight look for the International Space Station to pass overhead tonight. Here's the breakdown for tonight's show:
10 Mar 18:45:27 10 NW 18:48:22 88 NNE 18:51:18 10 SE
http://www.heavens-above.com/AllPass1Sat.asp?satid=25544&lat=32.715&lng=-117.156&loc=San+Diego&alt=26&tz=PST
I'm going outside!
Quote from: PPI Brian M on March 10, 2011, 09:22:33 PM
Oh by the way, if you're outside about 6:45 pm tonight look for the International Space Station to pass overhead tonight. Here's the breakdown for tonight's show:
10 Mar 18:45:27 10 NW 18:48:22 88 NNE 18:51:18 10 SE
http://www.heavens-above.com/AllPass1Sat.asp?satid=25544&lat=32.715&lng=-117.156&loc=San+Diego&alt=26&tz=PST
Larry and I watched it go by. I waved. (Larry thinks I'm silly.)
We need to text message for stuff like this!!!!! No, I am serious!!
Quote from: PPI Gary on March 10, 2011, 11:07:06 PM
We need to text message for stuff like this!!!!! No, I am serious!!
If I'm here when the message is posted, I'll text you.
Quote from: PPI Gary on March 10, 2011, 11:07:06 PM
We need to text message for stuff like this!!!!! No, I am serious!!
DANG! DANG! DANG! DANG! DAAAAAAAANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gary is RIGHT!!!!!!!! I MISSED IT!!!!!!!!! (SORRY I'M SHOUTING...BUT I'M SOOO BUMMMED!!!!!!!!!)
I have seen it two times before. It's really an awesome thing to see. I am also bummed I missed it.
We should consider a text chain for events that occur on such short notice!
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( *sniff..sniff*
The link I posted had more ISS passes for the next few days, but the website is down and the link doesn't work. :(
The website is back up. Here are the ISS passes for this weekend. :)
Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
12 Mar -3.5 18:02:13 10 NW 18:05:08 79 SW 18:08:02 10 SE
13 Mar -0.6 19:28:57 10 W 19:30:52 16 SW 19:32:47 10 S
Thank you Brian. I will be outside watching for sure!! :)
Keep in mind that -3.5 is dimmer than -0.6. The pass tonight won't be as bright as the pass tomorrow night. :)
I missed the ISS pass tonight. :( Hope somebody got to see it.
For any early-birds out there, the next five passes of the space station are all pre-dawn. :)
ISS - Visible Passes
Search period start: 00:00 Friday, 18 March, 2011
Search period end: 00:00 Monday, 28 March, 2011
Observer's location: San Diego, 32.7150?N, 117.1560?W
Local time zone: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC - 7:00)
(http://www.pacificparanormal.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2408.0;attach=1816)
HA, well, I am usually up by 6am every day. Might be able to catch one of them! Thank you Brian!! :)
Is it easy to see? Can I just walk outside and watch the sky or will I need to go out to the mountains?
Quote from: Anne-Marie on March 20, 2011, 06:02:23 PM
Is it easy to see? Can I just walk outside and watch the sky or will I need to go out to the mountains?
It's easy to see from the city. It looks like a bright star but it doesn't twinkle and it moves across the sky. It's easy to tell that it's not an aircraft because there are no strobe lights flashing. Just look in the direction it travels from about a minute or so before it starts and you'll be sure to see it. Keep in ming the lower magnitude means the station is brighter: a -1.0 pass is brighter than a -3.5 pass.
I was walking through the middle of Disney Land the second time I saw it. The first time, I pulled off the 8 freeway at Fuerte near Grossmont and saw it go by. Day light both times. Very cool to see, knowing there are extremely awesome people doing awesome things in it as it goes by!!!
I'm up at 5 every morning. It would be nice to see. With the storms hanging around, I hope it doesn't cause it to be blocked by clouds.