ISS Moon transit tomorrow (Friday)
Place yourself along the path indicated below tomorrow between 2041 and 2042 MST and you've got a pretty good chance of seeing ISS pass in front of the Moon. Looks like Flying J out by SPOC will be a good place to observe from. Patrick A - travel distance (kilometers) and direction B - date C - time D - elevation angle of the ISS E - azimuth angle of the ISS ( + is East from North; - is W from N) F - range (kilometers) G - latitude for observing the transit H - longitude I - elevation above Mean Sea Level (meters) J - how far (kilometers) can I be from the centerline? For other than solar transits: K - lunar transits: is space station sunlit? planetary encounters: 1=Mercury; 2=Venus; 4=Mars; 5=Jupiter; 6=Saturn L - sun elevation angle M - sun/moon or sun/planet separation angle A------- B----- C----- D--- E----- F--- G------- H-------- I--- J---- K L---- M---- 26.2 NW 21 Jan 204130 67.6 119.3 393 40.8243 -112.4896 1506 1.8 n -35.2 144.1 19.3 NW 21 Jan 204131 67.7 119.4 393 40.7846 -112.4193 1280 1.8 n -35.2 144.1 12.7 N 21 Jan 204132 67.7 119.4 391 40.7445 -112.3481 1265 1.8 n -35.3 144.1 7.9 N 21 Jan 204133 67.8 119.4 391 40.7044 -112.2770 1283 1.8 n -35.4 144.1 7.4 NE 33.35 40.6894 -112.2501 1.8 9.0 E 21 Jan 204134 67.9 119.5 391 40.6618 -112.2005 2581 1.8 n -35.4 144.1 14.3 E 21 Jan 204135 67.9 119.5 391 40.6228 -112.1325 1890 1.8 n -35.5 144.1 21.1 E 21 Jan 204136 68.0 119.5 391 40.5831 -112.0630 1568 1.8 n -35.5 144.1
The shock from another X-class solar flare on the 19th will arrive at Earth early on the 21st GMT.
Reference: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/predict.cgi And I just started a new job so we can't head out to Idaho. Bill B
And the web cam at Poker flats has the following message: "Server Maintenance Information. Scheduled Server Maintenance. You cannot access to This Page. From: Jan. 21, 2004 18:00 (JST) To : Jan. 24, 2004 10:00 (JST) Reason: The rolling blackouts in our facility." On Jan 20, 2005, at 8:15 PM, William Biesele wrote:
The shock from another X-class solar flare on the 19th will arrive at Earth early on the 21st GMT.
Reference: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/predict.cgi
And I just started a new job so we can't head out to Idaho.
Bill B
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diveboss@xmission.com wrote:
Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net>:
Looks like Flying J out by SPOC will be a good place to observe from.
Patrick
Yes Patrick, but don't you have to actually get up from the table and go outside to have a look??? ;)
Funny, Actually when I first posted the message it did look like the centerline would pass over the J. But since then it has moved a little to the NE so I plan on setting up just off the Stansbury exit (all are welcome, BTW). Patrick
Actually when I first posted the message it did look like the centerline would pass over the J. But since then it has moved a little to the NE so I plan on setting up just off the Stansbury exit (all are welcome, BTW).
Patrick
Are you going to video tape this in the most likely event someone blinks and misses it? If you would like, I have an electronic eyepiece you are welcome to use to help capture the transition on tape...
diveboss@xmission.com wrote:
Are you going to video tape this in the most likely event someone blinks and misses it? If you would like, I have an electronic eyepiece you are welcome to use to help capture the transition on tape...
Thanks for the offer but I've got a portable video set up I put together some years back for timing lunar occultations but which also works well for events like these. Still, you, and anyone else, would be welcome to come out and watch. However (and in answer to Joe's question) the fog out here is awful (I can't even see the Sun) and if yesterday is any indicator, it'll just get worse as the day wears on. Patrick
Patriick, would you kindly give me a call an hour ahead of time if the weather looks OK? I think you have my cell. Otherwise, I'll stay home and work on some writing. Thanks, Joe
No need to wait until an hour before. The fog is so thick I can't even see the Moon. Suggest you stay home and write. Patrick Joe Bauman wrote:
Patriick, would you kindly give me a call an hour ahead of time if the weather looks OK? I think you have my cell. Otherwise, I'll stay home and work on some writing. Thanks, Joe
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