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Saturday 27 July 2002
Spot the Space Station in the night sky in Northeastern Pennsylvania
('limited time only')
Tonight, between (approximately) 8:50p.m. & 9:05p.m., the International Space Station will cross the sky over the Wyoming Valley. According to J-Pass Satellite Passes, it will enter the sky from the southwest & travel to the northeast about halfway between straight-up and the southeast horizon.
Tomorrow night, between (approximately) 9:30p.m & 9:45p.m., the ISS will enter the sky from the west horizon (very near to the position of the planet Venus - which is generally the brightest object ever seen in the sky other than the moon) and set at the northeast horizon, having travelled halfway between straight-up & the northwest horizon.
Basically, to see the ISS, the best bet would probably be to try & spot the ISS when it rises from the horizon. It is reported to move faster than an airplane or jet would move across the sky, but slower than a meteor ("shooting/falling star"). The ISS is also supposed to be brighter than Venus.
Unfortunately the weather reports for this weekend are calling for clouds & scattered thunderstorms, but weather predictions are sometimes off. And there are other sighting opportunities listed. (Check links below.)
CNN.com - Spaceship sightings expected for weeks - July 26, 2002 : "Determined night watchers in North America can experience a close encounter of the visual kind in the coming weeks, as a spaceship brighter than any star makes its way across the sky."
NASA's ISS sightings list for Scranton, PA
J-Pass Satellite Passes : (enter your zip code for a chart of ISS's trajectory across the night sky in your area)
Heavens-Above.com : (another satellite tracking web site)
NASA : International Space Station
posted by Chloe | Saturday 27 July 2002 3:57 AM
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