Posted on 02/16/2008 6:21:57 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
http://www.heavens-above.com/main.aspx?lat=34.052&lng=-118.243&loc=Los+Angeles&alt=115&tz=PST
Atlantis is docked to the station.
Right passed the Moon and Mars (which is near the moon)by the way.
Our future human exploration goals in space!
Several years ago, I saw a direct overhead pass in the Tennessee mountains on I-26. The sun was just rising and that thing looked like a red ball of fire. And that bad boy was moving on!!
I’m ready. The spy satellite comes over right before, but at it’s magnitude I’d have to be in the mountains to see it.
I’m going out to look in 9 minutes. Thanks for the heads-up!
Thanks. I’ve got 7 minutes...
With out a telescope?
Yes
You CAN’T miss them with the naked eye.
Will appear like a fast moving bright star.
Will pass straight over head.
What direction will it be coming from / headed?
Go out at 6:41 and keep looking straight up...You might not see it until 6:44 when it will be directly overhead in S. California.
NW to SE
Northwest to Southeast
Highest elevation above horizon will be at approx 1844 PST (depending on where in SOCAL you reside).
I think I see it right now., I’m in Hemet. Can hear it. NW to SE.
Thanks so much, we got to see it move all the way across the sky (until a tree blocked our view). Okay, I’m a girl and am going to ask a stupid question: why is it so bright? What illuminates it so much?
Thanks for posting that. Saw it cross the Baja California sky in a fast moving, then fading path. The Mexican guy I pointed it out to (because he asked why I was staring skyward) didn’t believe me. Proud of my country.
If you can hear it, you’ve got real good ears. It’s about 230 miles up, above the atmosphere, so it makes no noise. It’s moving about 17K miles/hr.
It is still in the sun up there, and we are down here in the earths shadow, so it is reflecting all that light, until it goes into the earths shadow too.
So these visable passes are only near sunset or sunrise when we can see the reflected light.
I’m in Menifee. Just saw the space station and through binoculars saw it turn reddish and fade away. Moon and Mars right overhead. Thanks for the alert.
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