Watch the ISS fly overhead!!

[Pyrotex]

NASA has a website:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...ngs/index.html

If you will go there, and select your country, your state and the nearest named city, NASA's state-of-the-art Commodore-64 Ultra * Computer will calculate all the dates and times when the International Space Station will fly over you. Also given are the directions from which you can expect the station to appear (and disappear).


*uhhh... that was a little joke.

[TheBigDog]

Awesome! I looked for it last night, but realize now that I was outside way too late. It is visible tonight for 9 minutes. The boys and I will get a good look.

Thanks for the website Pyro!

Bill

[Jay-qu]

Thats really cool Pyro, but what exactly am I going to look for in the sky? will it be really bright? is it best viewed with binoculars?

[TheBigDog]

Foiled by cloud cover! I will keep an eye out for the next good opportunity.

JQ, it is supposed to look about as bright as Jupiter, and move slowly across the sky. In my area it was supposed to take 9 minutes from rise to set with a closest distance of 702 miles.

Bill

[Jay-qu]

next pass for me is sunday night, supposed to be low in the eastern sky, this is ok because I am meant to be down at the beach this weekend, should be able to see right to the horizen

[Pyrotex]

Originally Posted by Jay-qu

Thats really cool Pyro, but what exactly am I going to look for in the sky? will it be really bright? is it best viewed with binoculars?

You prolly won't need binoculars or even a program. The two times I watched ISS go over, it was the brightest damn thing in the sky. I was tempted to think it was a big jet with landing lights on, but it was silent. Very bright.

[SolarFreak]

I went out today but it was overcast from the typhoon that just missed us
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...nawa&city=Naha