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

I thought it was going to be even brighter.  It became about as bright as
Sirius when it was only 45 degrees above the northwest horizon.  Then it
faded to magnitude 0 or so before brightening to magnitude -2 after it got
past the zenith high in the southeast.

The 'ground track' feature remains one of my favorite on Heavens Above.  We
picked it up when it was at the north end of the Central Valley of
California, and lost it when it was well south of the border in Chihuahua,
Mexico.  It covered that distance in 5 1/2 minutes.

Tom




At 07:33 PM 3/26/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Great show. Amazingly bright. I could almost see some structure if 
>the ISS with my binoculars. A real treat. Thanks for the heads up.
>
>Jeff
>
>At 15:12 -0700 3/26/05, gene lucas wrote:
>
>>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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