[MR] Pennsic Sky Watching- OOP addition

Gavin de Briare gavinb at virginia.edu
Wed Jul 31 11:15:22 PDT 2002


In addition to watching the Perseids, for anyone interested in watching
a modern "wanderer" in the night sky the International Space Station
(ISS) will be making a good pass on the evening of August 10.  The ISS
will rise in the NW at 9:55:30 PM passing into Ursa Major (entering the
bowl of the Big Dipper at 9:59:10), and continuing to climb into Draco
and Cygnus (~ 60 degrees altitude), passing by the bright star Deneb
high in the east before it disappears into the Earth's shadow at
10:01:22 PM (though it won't actually set until 10:06 PM).  Times are
for Slippery Rock, PA only.
The station is easily visible as an extremely bright, rapidly moving
point of light.

The ISS will be visible at least as far south as central Virginia,
although not so well, and will appear to pass through different
constellations at slightly different times.

Gavin de Briare




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