[AZ-Observing] Re: [EVAC] ISS overpass -- Web resource for predictions

Thanks, Randy, for the "Heads UP!!"
As a further recap, here is about the best web page for info on ISS, 
HST, and Iridium Flare observations.
http://www.heavens-above.com/
Or this one, preset for central Phoenix latitude and longitude
http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?Loc=Phoenix&Lat=33.448&Lng=-112.073&TZ=Arizona
For Iridium flare predictions, you would want to fine tune it by 
specifying your precise location, as the brightness drops off rapidly as 
you move any distance off the prediction line....
Gene Lucas
(17250)
Randy Peterson wrote:

> Saturday night the 26th, the International Space Station will pass 
> directly over the metro Phoenix area.  Look to the northwest horizon 
> at about 7:25 pm.  It will take about 5 minutes for it to pass 
> overhead and disappear on the southeast horizon.  It is about as 
> bright as the star Sirius.
>  It goes too fast to track with a normal telescope, but it is fun to 
> follow it with binoculars.  If you don't have binoculars, naked eyes 
> work good too.
>  Randy Peterson


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