Looking Up - Seeing the International Space Station

[deluxestogie]

The International Space Station and a European cargo-carrying spacecraft are locked in a cosmic dance, and you can see it all unfold right from your own backyard.

The European Space Agency's bus-size Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) — a space cargo ship loaded with food, rocket fuel and experiments — launched toward the space station last Wednesday (June 5). This week, weather permitting, you can see both the station and the ship (named "Albert Einstein") pass overhead.

This is a sight that should easily be visible to almost anyone, even those in brightly lit cities across southern Canada, all of Europe and much of the United States.

http://www.space.com/21504-space-station-atv-night-sky.html

If you've never seen the International Space Station moving across the sky, it's really a memorable sight. If you happen to be outside, with a clear view of the correct part of the sky (always within a few hours after sunset or before sunrise), you just need to know the right time. It's fast and bright.

To see the exact time and direction for your location, go to:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

and click on your country. Then select your state and nearest city. The site will display all of the dates it will be visible from your location, the exact time, along with the direction to look, the duration of visibility (usually a few minutes or less), and its elevation above the horizon (90º is directly overhead; 45º is half-way between the horizon and overhead).

It's a great opportunity to enjoy a home-rolled cigar and a quiet moment.

Bob

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Thanks for the link Bob, I saw the space station once, a few years ago. Now as I get older it's mostly Martian spaceships and black helicopters...

 

[johnlee1933]

Thanks for the link Bob, I saw the space station once, a few years ago. Now as I get older it's mostly Martian spaceships and black helicopters...

Be a little more careful of what you grow and the helicopters will go away (at least that's what I've heard.)

 

[workhorse_01]

John I was careful what I'm growing each row has a label and the helicopter still came. LOL

Be a little more careful of what you grow and the helicopters will go away (at least that's what I've heard.)

 

[leverhead]

Damned Voyeurs!

 

[johnlee1933]

Damned Voyeurs!

LOL

 

[Ishi]

Glad I an not the only one. They had a look-see at my patch last year. Being in California they are up looking for the other smoke all summer.

 

[johnlee1933]

Glad I an not the only one. They had a look-see at my patch last year. Being in California they are up looking for the other smoke all summer.

I thought it was legalized out there. Have I got it wrong?

 

[Boboro]

I have some castor beans planted in the bushes just to mess with them.

 

[workhorse_01]

No john. It's legal in the state, not legal federal. They always save back a way to get ya. I wouldn't grow it if it was legal, but I think they should leave people alone as long as they aren't causing damage to someone else, or someone else's property. I think that law would work for a lot of people for a lot of things.

I thought it was legalized out there. Have I got it wrong?