Here’s how to see a launch!
I have no idea how this works but I couldn’t pass up a chance to share with you a new find.
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See for yourself!
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ISS flyby’s over LA
May 22 watch for the International Space Station visible from Los Angeles.
4:28 to 4:34am moving NW to SE at 63 degrees maximum elevation.
and…
9:02 to 9:08 p.m. moving WSW to NE at 49 degrees maximum elevation.
Information courtesy OASIS
For flybys in YOUR location, check out Heavens-Above!!
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Lunar Eclipses for Beginners
Here’s a nice looking page that seems to cover the basics of Lunar Eclipses. I just found it so I may evaluate it further at a later date.
http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html
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ECLIPSE BONUS: SPACE STATION
“Along a narrow path (only 1 or 2 miles wide) stretching from Dallas through St. Louis to Chicago, sky watchers can see the International Space Station pass in front of the eclipsed moon tonight. Like the moon itself, the ISS will be inside Earth’s shadow, so it will be dark–a ghostly silhouette racing across the dimly-lit lunar terrain in less than a second. You have to be at the right place at the right time to see it. Thomas Fly has prepared maps and timetables for the central United States and other places where these transits may be visible.”
http://spaceweather.com/
ECLIPSE BONUS: IRIDIUM FLARES
“Sky watchers in the western and central United States are favored to see some pleasing Iridium flares during tonight’s lunar eclipse. “Some cities that will have decent flares are Phoenix, Salt Lake City, El Paso, Minneapolis, Omaha and Missoula,” says space scientist Rob Matson of SAIC, who also forecasts Iridium flares for the International Space Station.”
Tonight!
The Total Lunar Eclipse is tonight! Don’t forget to look up in the sky.
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