A great website to check your location's ISS sightings, updated reguraly... http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ Dennis
> From: joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com > To: meteorite-list@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: > mmirs...@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 > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ HotmailĀ® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_faster:082009 ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list