[FairfieldLife] Re: Earth at night from the International Space Station

[Susan]

I will check on the iridium flares - looks amazing.   I have seen the space 
station pass overhead many times, but only because I had the schedule for my 
area and was looking for it.  Go to: www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.  You 
need to enter your location and time zone.  It will give you  dates and times 
and locations (which area of the sky it will appear in and what direction it 
will be traveling).  It is very accurate.

Thanks for the info on the flares.  I am passing it around...

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Susan:  Are you talking about or have you seen an iridium flare?  One has 
> to be watching at the exact time, but they are very cool.  There was a 
> schedule for the flares at the star party I attended this year and we saw 
> several; one doesn't need a telescope to see them.  
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare
> 
> 
> The lower the "magnitude" number, the brighter the flare.  
> 
> http://www.wikihow.com/Find-an-Iridium-Flare
> 
> 
> http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?Dur=1&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: Susan 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 8:44 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earth at night from the International Space 
> Station
>  
> 
>   
> 
> You cans see the space station from earth by getting the time of its travel 
> over where you live nearly each evening.  I will get the link and post it 
> tomorrow morning. It looks like a bright, large star that moves fairly 
> quickly, bigger and brighter than the satelites you can see in the hight sky. 
>  Amazing.
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"  
> wrote:
> >
> > Earth at night from the International Space Station
> > http://vimeo.com/45878034
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earth at night from the International Space Station

[Emily Reyn]

Susan:  Are you talking about or have you seen an iridium flare?  One has to be 
watching at the exact time, but they are very cool.  There was a schedule for 
the flares at the star party I attended this year and we saw several; one 
doesn't need a telescope to see them.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare


The lower the "magnitude" number, the brighter the flare.  

http://www.wikihow.com/Find-an-Iridium-Flare


http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?Dur=1&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET





 From: Susan 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 8:44 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earth at night from the International Space Station
 

  

You cans see the space station from earth by getting the time of its travel 
over where you live nearly each evening.  I will get the link and post it 
tomorrow morning. It looks like a bright, large star that moves fairly quickly, 
bigger and brighter than the satelites you can see in the hight sky.  Amazing.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" 
 wrote:
>
> Earth at night from the International Space Station
> http://vimeo.com/45878034
>


 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earth at night from the International Space Station

[Susan]

You cans see the space station from earth by getting the time of its travel 
over where you live nearly each evening.  I will get the link and post it 
tomorrow morning. It looks like a bright, large star that moves fairly quickly, 
bigger and brighter than the satelites you can see in the hight sky.  Amazing.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" 
 wrote:
>
> Earth at night from the International Space Station
> http://vimeo.com/45878034
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earth at night from the International Space Station

[nelson]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" 
 wrote:
>
> Earth at night from the International Space Station
> http://vimeo.com/45878034
>
 Nice pictures-thanks.
 Somehow, with all the people saying there are too many people, I don't get a 
crowded feeling seeing such pictures.