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[Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Randy!

Jeff

At 11:52 -0700 1/14/06, Randy Peterson wrote:
>Next Tuesday, January 17, there will be a good pass over the metro 
>Phoenix area (and a good deal of Arizona) by the International Space 
>Station.  At about 6:25 pm MST, face north, and look to the 
>northwest.  It is bright enough that you don't need optical aid, 
>being brighter than Mars.  At about 6:28 pm it will pass roughly 
>overhead.  It will be fading into the southeast horizon a bit after 
>6:30 pm.  Yep, a bit over 5 minutes from horizon to horizon, so if 
>you don't set a timer to remind you to go outside to look, you'll 
>miss it.
>Hold on - the show's not over yet!  About eleven minutes later that 
>same night, at about 6:41 pm MST, face south, and look to the 
>west-southwest.  Bright enough to be seen naked eye (but 
>considerably dimmer than the ISS) will be the Hubble Space 
>Telescope, shining a bit dimmer than Polaris.  At 6:45 pm, it will 
>pass due south at about 42 degrees altitude from the Phoenix area - 
>about half way from the southern horizon to your zenith (straight 
>up).  At 6:48 pm, it will fade into the east-southeast horizon.
>
>Check it out at Heavens Above: http://www.heavens-above.com/
>
>I have watched these with binoculars in the past on occasion, but 
>just watching with my unaided eye seems more satisfying to me. 
>Clear skies!
>
>Randy Peterson
>EVAC Events co-coordinator
>events@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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