[meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To Naked Eye In Days Ahead

[Richard Kowalski]

Another great site, not just for ISS visibility but for multiple satellites, including HST & Iridium flare predictions is

Heavens Above

http://www.heavens-above.com


--
Richard Kowalski
http://fullmoonphotography.net
IMCA #1081


--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Dennis Miller <astroroks at hotmail.com> wrote:


> From: Dennis Miller <astroroks at hotmail.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To Naked Eye In Days Ahead

> To: joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 10:17 AM

> 

> A great website to check your location's ISS sightings,

> updated reguraly...

>  

> http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

>  

> Dennis

>  

> 

> > From: joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com

> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:57:08 -0400

> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To

> Naked Eye In Days Ahead

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > Space station will be visible to naked eye in days

> ahead

> > By MEG MIRSHAK

> > Tribune Staff Writer

> > 

> > Michiana residents have a rare opportunity to see a

> spaceship in the sky 

> > during the upcoming week.

> > 

> > The international space station, in orbit 250 miles

> above the Earth, will be 

> > visible to those looking upward in the area.

> > 

> > "It will look like a very, very bright star, similar

> to what Venus looks 

> > like in the morning," said Art Klinger, director of

> the Penn-Harris-Madison 

> > School Corp. Planetarium in Mishawaka.

> > 

> > 

> > The round, bright light will be visible for only about

> two to five minutes 

> > each day until Sept. 10, Klinger said. Scientists

> believe the shining light 

> > should be at optimal viewing here Tuesday when it

> passes directly overhead 

> > with its brightest magnitude for five minutes, he

> said.

> > 

> > "It should be dazzling," Klinger said. "Anybody can

> see it. You just have to 

> > step outside and look."

> > 

> > The space shuttle Discovery is currently docked on the

> space station, he 

> > said.

> > 

> > Indiana native and Notre Dame alumnus Kevin A. Ford is

> piloting the mission 

> > launched Aug. 28.

> > 

> > Ford, 49, is from Montpelier, Ind., north of Muncie.

> > 

> > He requested the shuttle crew's wake-up call from

> Houston be the Indiana 

> > University fight song Tuesday morning, in honor of his

> late brother, IU 

> > alumnus and former state Sen. David Ford.

> > 

> > "Good morning, Houston," Kevin Ford said from aboard

> Discovery after hearing 

> > the song. "Thank you for the wake-up music. That song

> reminds me of my 

> > wonderful home state of Indiana ... also reminds me of

> my oldest brother, 

> > David, who was the first one to ever strap me in to

> the cockpit of an 

> > airplane."

> > 

> > Sunlight reflecting off the space station makes the

> orbiter visible with the 

> > naked eye, but using binoculars allows one to more

> clearly discern the 

> > shape, Klinger said.

> > 

> > "With a telescope, one might even be able to see the

> shuttle attached, " he 

> > said.

> > 

> > Space station visibility depends on the Earth's

> rotation, and Michiana is 

> > positioned for the space station to move directly

> overhead this week, 

> > Klinger said. Other times it can be viewed low in the

> sky for a shorter 

> > period of time, he said.

> > 

> > Staff writer Meg Mirshak:

> > mmirshak at sbtinfo.com

> > 

> > Viewing the space station

> > P-H-M Planetarium Director Art Klinger said the space

> station can be viewed 

> > with the naked eye during clear weather this week.

> Look for a bright light 

> > rising in the southwest.

> > 

> > -This morning from 5:56 to 6.

> > 

> > -Friday from 6:22 to 6:24 a.m.

> > 

> > -Saturday for less than a minute at 9:36 p.m.

> > 

> > -Sunday from 10 to 10:02 p.m.

> > 

> > -Monday from 8:50 to 8:55 p.m. and 10:25 to 10:27

> p.m.

> > 

> > -Sept. 8 from 9:15 to 9:20 p.m.

> > 

> > -Sept. 9 from 9:40 to 9:44 p.m.

> > 

> > -Sept. 10 from 8:29 to 8:35 p.m. and from 10:05 to

> 10:08 p.m.

> > 

> >

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> > 

> > What are the best times?

> > The light should shine brightest on Sept. 8 and around

> 8:30 p.m. Sept. 10.

> > 

> > http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20090903/News01/909030351/1129/News

> > 

> > Don't blink or you might miss it!

> > Phil Whitmer 

> > 

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