ISS Overpass Fri night 19h22 -0.7m Sat night 19h47m -2.1m - Face north
If the clear weather holds, there is a good ISS overflight tonight at 19:22 pm. The ISS will transit at mag -0.7 - disappearing directly into the overwhelming -12.5 mag Moon. Data is from CalSky: Fri. Jan. 13, 2006 19h22m32s Overpass Appears      19h17m50s   2.8m  az:312.6d  NW Transit      19h22m32s  -0.7m  az: 25.9d NNE  h:24.8d Disappears   19h23m27s  -0.6m  az: 57.3d ENE  h:20.8d 19h23m57.22s ISS Close to Moon. Separation=0.615°  Position Angle=75.8° Satellite at Azimuth= 69.4° ENE  Altitude= 17.1° The celestial track runs along the north horizon - face north. Starts at Hercules and progresses and increases in brightness through - Draco - below wagon of the Little Dipper - above alf UMa and the bier of the Big Dipper - through Lynx near 27 Lyn - towards alf Gem Capella and disappearing into the near full Moon glow. The JPL ephemeris is predicting a lunar magnitude of -12.54 in that time frame. Although the weather will probably change over the weekend, in case there is a hole, there is a good overpass on Saturday: Sat. Jan. 14, 2006 19h47m20s Overpass Appears      19h42m26s   3.1m  az:307.6d  NW Transit      19h47m20s  -2.1m  az: 34.9d NE  h:68.2d Disappears   19h47m54s  -1.9m  az: 96.8d   E  h:49.5d - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
--- Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
Both Heavens-above.com and Starry Night show tonight's ISS pass at 18:20 - 18:23. Are your sure of your time?
Seth, thanks for catching the error. I really appreciate it. I had an bad time zone setting at CalcSky.com. Tonights overpass is at 18:22 between civil twi at 17:23 and astro Twilight at 19:00. At -0.7 mag, it probably will be visible. Friday 13 January 2006 Appears 18h18m04s 2.8m az:312.6d NW Transit 18h22m45s -0.7m az: 25.9d NNE h:24.8d dist:742.4km alt:346.4km Disappears 18h23m40s -0.6m az: 57.2d ENE h:20.9d The transit will not be near the Moon. The track begins in the NW in Hercules, proceeds to near the zenith in And, and then is overwhelmed by Moon light near Orion, and exits in the east through Orion. Saturday's mag -2.1 overpass also between civil and astro twi. Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Appears 18h42m43s 3.1m az:307.6d NW Transit 18h47m36s -2.1m az: 35.0d NE h:68.3d Disappears 18h48m10s -1.9m az: 96.7d E h:49.7d Close to Vega 18h45m02.04s Separation=0.109° Position Angle=85.6° Magnitude=0.0mag. My apologies for the erroneous prior post. - Canopous56(Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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