Re: [meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To Naked Eye In Days Ahead
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 wrote: > From: Dennis Miller > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To Naked Eye In Days Ahead > To: joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com, meteorite-list@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: 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To Naked Eye In Days Ahead
Here's the latest telescopic photo of the ISS: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/09/01/spectacular-new-iss-picture-from-the-ground/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To Naked Eye In Days Ahead
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 _ Hotmail® 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
[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
