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.”

http://spaceweather.com/

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