[AZ-Observing] Shuttle-ISS Pass Tonight

The now-undocked Shuttle and Space Station are making a decent pass over
the northeastern horizon tonight at about 6:40.  The heavens-above.com
site shows the STS-112 as being 1 second behind the ISS, although I wonder
if it will really be that close.  From Phoenix, the local times,
altitudes, and azimuths are:

6:38:09  10 deg.  NNW
6:40:59  29 deg.  NE
6:42:43  18 deg.  E

That takes them from the Pointer stars of the Big Dipper through eastern
Cassiopeia, and near M31.  Both will be magnitude 0 or brighter.  The
ground track indicates that the satellites will be higher from places
north and east of Phoenix.

And if you can't get enough of this tonight, there is a far less favorable
pass low in the west one orbit later at 8:14.  I think this is rare to see
two consecutive orbits.

Tom


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