[AZ-Observing] ISS pass and planetary gathering Sunday morning
- From: Joe Orman <joe.orman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: AZ-Observing mailing list <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:06:33 -0700 (PDT)
For early risers, the International Space Station will make an
almost-straight-overhead pass over Phoenix starting about 5:13 a.m. Sunday
(9/9). Will pass very close to Capella, and about 20 degrees away from Mars
and Aldebaran. This is about 50 minutes before sunrise, so the sky should be
fairly dark, and at magnitude -2.5 the ISS should be very obvious. See
heavens-above.com for pass details.
Then turn your attention to the east and enjoy the arrangement of Venus, the
Moon, Saturn and Regulus. Here's the entry from my Sky Events Almanac:
September 9 (morning): Venus 10 degrees to upper right of crescent Moon,
Saturn and bright star Regulus 7 degrees below Moon, low in E before sunrise.
--Joe Orman
Sky Events Almanac:
http://joeorman.shutterace.com/Almanac2007.html
Photo Pages:
http://joeorman.shutterace.com/Gallery.html
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