Having thought the path was only 1 km wide I had originally planned to drive to the center line but Kurt's note below indicating a much wider path convinced me I could stay home. Set up my C-5 in the driveway, 800 meters from the centerline, and waited. Decided against video. Visual only. Right on time, *ZIP* and it was gone. I forgot that not being on the centerline would have ISS crossing a much smaller portion of the Moon so rather than the "leisurely" .6 second transit I was expecting it was much shorter. Good thing I did not blink. patrick On 01 Oct 2007, at 19:23, Kurt Fisher wrote:
CalSky is showing the main Moon crossing track running northwest to southeast (at 3:51am) with a 4.75km wide visibility path going across Herriman and running parallel to I-15 at Lehi.
Club members in Riverton, Bluffdale, Herriman, Lehi and Saratoga Springs might also be able to image this lunar crossing of the ISS.
Calsky link to the ground track is appended. Don't know if it will work.
Just to be clear, the ISS overflight is not visible. The station will not be reflecting enough light. The outline of the ISS against the disk of the Moon will be visible. The actual transit of the Moon may not be acquirable visually. The duration of the event is 0.6 seconds.
Run a webcam at the appointed time and then see if you pick up any images with the ISS in it.
- Kurt