[meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To Naked Eye In Days Ahead

From: Richard Kowalski <*damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:13:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <926872.63430.qm_at_web33901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> · damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com

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--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Dennis Miller <astroroks at hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Dennis Miller <astroroks at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To Naked Eye In Days Ahead
> To: joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 10:17 AM
> 
> A great website to check your location's ISS sightings,
> updated reguraly...
>  
> http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/
>  
> Dennis
>  
> 
> > From: joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com
> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:57:08 -0400
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Space Station Visible To
> Naked Eye In Days Ahead
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Space station will be visible to naked eye in days
> ahead
> > By MEG MIRSHAK
> > Tribune Staff Writer
> > 
> > Michiana residents have a rare opportunity to see a
> spaceship in the sky 
> > during the upcoming week.
> > 
> > The international space station, in orbit 250 miles
> above the Earth, will be 
> > visible to those looking upward in the area.
> > 
> > "It will look like a very, very bright star, similar
> to what Venus looks 
> > like in the morning," said Art Klinger, director of
> the Penn-Harris-Madison 
> > School Corp. Planetarium in Mishawaka.
> > 
> > 
> > The round, bright light will be visible for only about
> two to five minutes 
> > each day until Sept. 10, Klinger said. Scientists
> believe the shining light 
> > should be at optimal viewing here Tuesday when it
> passes directly overhead 
> > with its brightest magnitude for five minutes, he
> said.
> > 
> > "It should be dazzling," Klinger said. "Anybody can
> see it. You just have to 
> > step outside and look."
> > 
> > The space shuttle Discovery is currently docked on the
> space station, he 
> > said.
> > 
> > Indiana native and Notre Dame alumnus Kevin A. Ford is
> piloting the mission 
> > launched Aug. 28.
> > 
> > Ford, 49, is from Montpelier, Ind., north of Muncie.
> > 
> > He requested the shuttle crew's wake-up call from
> Houston be the Indiana 
> > University fight song Tuesday morning, in honor of his
> late brother, IU 
> > alumnus and former state Sen. David Ford.
> > 
> > "Good morning, Houston," Kevin Ford said from aboard
> Discovery after hearing 
> > the song. "Thank you for the wake-up music. That song
> reminds me of my 
> > wonderful home state of Indiana ... also reminds me of
> my oldest brother, 
> > David, who was the first one to ever strap me in to
> the cockpit of an 
> > airplane."
> > 
> > Sunlight reflecting off the space station makes the
> orbiter visible with the 
> > naked eye, but using binoculars allows one to more
> clearly discern the 
> > shape, Klinger said.
> > 
> > "With a telescope, one might even be able to see the
> shuttle attached, " he 
> > said.
> > 
> > Space station visibility depends on the Earth's
> rotation, and Michiana is 
> > positioned for the space station to move directly
> overhead this week, 
> > Klinger said. Other times it can be viewed low in the
> sky for a shorter 
> > period of time, he said.
> > 
> > Staff writer Meg Mirshak:
> > mmirshak at sbtinfo.com
> > 
> > Viewing the space station
> > P-H-M Planetarium Director Art Klinger said the space
> station can be viewed 
> > with the naked eye during clear weather this week.
> Look for a bright light 
> > rising in the southwest.
> > 
> > -This morning from 5:56 to 6.
> > 
> > -Friday from 6:22 to 6:24 a.m.
> > 
> > -Saturday for less than a minute at 9:36 p.m.
> > 
> > -Sunday from 10 to 10:02 p.m.
> > 
> > -Monday from 8:50 to 8:55 p.m. and 10:25 to 10:27
> p.m.
> > 
> > -Sept. 8 from 9:15 to 9:20 p.m.
> > 
> > -Sept. 9 from 9:40 to 9:44 p.m.
> > 
> > -Sept. 10 from 8:29 to 8:35 p.m. and from 10:05 to
> 10:08 p.m.
> > 
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > What are the best times?
> > The light should shine brightest on Sept. 8 and around
> 8:30 p.m. Sept. 10.
> > 
> > http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20090903/News01/909030351/1129/News
> > 
> > Don't blink or you might miss it!
> > Phil Whitmer 
> > 
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