ISS overhead this coming week
May 21, 2017 10:54:59 #
For those living in south central Kansas the International Space Station will be making a series of passes starting just after midnight on Tuesday, May 23 (Otto Lilienthal's birthday). Three of them will be of greater than 5 minutes duration. There will be more of these long passes on the following days, too. You can find out about where the station is in relation to your location at: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/.
Looking forward to a long day and maybe finally getting a good shot. :-}
Rick
Looking forward to a long day and maybe finally getting a good shot. :-}
Rick
May 21, 2017 11:36:00 #
I have an app on my iphone called GOISSWATCH which if I remember correctly was free (with ads). You can speed up the rotation of the orbits with a slider on the right side. It shows the orbit above your location, and a red circle showing its visibility range. Also, gives the speed and altitude.
May 22, 2017 06:05:34 #
lsaguy wrote:
For those living in south central Kansas the Inter... (show quote)
I like the email feature on that website, sign up for the alerts and you get an email a day or two before letting you know it will be viewable. Gives you the to/from direction of travel, how high in the sky, and the duration. Makes for easy planning a shot.
May 22, 2017 12:44:42 #
May 23, 2017 21:44:24 #
I use one of the web sites to tell me when the ISS is going overhead. I have seen it many times and highly recommend it. Once I saw it going overhead in tandem with the space shuttle. Totally cool.
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