[AZ-Observing] International Space Station Moon Transit This Thursday at 11:14 p.m.

  • From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
  • To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, evac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 1:52:32 -0400

Within a mile or so of a centerline stretching from Fountain Hills through 
Apache Junction, the Space Station can be seen to pass in front of the nearly 
Full Moon on the 17th.  I have been scoping out sites with Google Earth, and 
posted an overview and four potential sites at this link.  

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/4100/5xnw.jpg

Go to the Web site http://www.calsky.com/ for detailed maps of this event. 

Admittedly, Space Station transits of the sun and moon are not much to look at 
visually, typically lasting all of a half second.  If you have a webcam or dSLR 
that can do multiple frames per second, you can come away with some interesting 
results, like these.

http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/95364577
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/124139000

Tom


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