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| Astronaut (now Senator) Scott Kelly from the International Space Station. Shows the Earth at the top and a gorgeous view of the Milky Way |
The National Weather Service forecast is for mostly clear and weather with temperature near freezing for the overflight.
The ISS will appear in the northwest at 5:18 PM sharp at a low angle of 10 degrees over the horizon.
Time: Sun Dec 04 5:18 PM, Visible: 5 min, Max Height: 43°, Appears: 10° above NW, Disappears: 17° above E
It will travel across the sky up to a high of 43 degrees elevation, about halfway up the sky. Then it will cruise along for five minutes heading toward the east where it will seem to vanish at about 17 degrees above the horizon.
The Space Station, like all other man-made satellites, is only visible when reflected sunlight hits it just the right way.Because the ISS is in a low earth orbit, its sighting always happen pretty close to sunset or sunrise.
You can sign up with NASA's "Spot the Station" listserve and get a warning e-mail before such overflights. Click here to sign up for the alerts.
I did, and received this message about tonight's overflight:
It will travel across the sky up to a high of 43 degrees elevation, about halfway up the sky. Then it will cruise along for five minutes heading toward the east where it will seem to vanish at about 17 degrees above the horizon.
The Space Station, like all other man-made satellites, is only visible when reflected sunlight hits it just the right way.Because the ISS is in a low earth orbit, its sighting always happen pretty close to sunset or sunrise.
You can sign up with NASA's "Spot the Station" listserve and get a warning e-mail before such overflights. Click here to sign up for the alerts.
I did, and received this message about tonight's overflight:
Time: Sun Dec 04 5:18 PM, Visible: 5 min, Max Height: 43°, Appears: 10° above NW, Disappears: 17° above E
It should look like this:
Watch this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsOifg4Mm0