[AZ-Observing] Re: [EVAC] ISS overpass -- Web resource for predictions
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, rgpeterson@xxxxxxx, EVAC ASTRO <evac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:33:05 -0700
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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