[AZ-Observing] Favorable HST Passes for Arizona

Heavens Above indicates that there will be favorable passes of HST over 
Arizona every evening for the next week or so.  They happen at roughly 
the same time, too.  Look south between 7:10 and 7:20, and you're bound 
to see it moving west-to-east, about halfway to the zenith.

Tomorrow's (10/23) event is particularly interesting for Phoenix, as the 
star map shows it passing directly over Mars just before entering the 
earth's shadow.  The angular size of Mars and HST should be roughly the 
same, so the two in one high-power field may make for a very interesting 
photo op.  HST will be many tens of times fainter than Mars, and moving 
rapidly, so maybe not.

Go to www.heavens-above.com for more detail.

Tom

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