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Cowperson · 08-28-2009, 08:14 AM

I live south of the city, in the country, and have seen the ISS many times, some deliberately but a few times accidentally.

Because we live on the side of a hill, we have a long view of it, and can see it becoming visible over the mountains before dying out on the eastern horizon . . . . . although realistically, the passage is only a few minutes long.

Best sightings though have been when it has the space shuttle chasing it . . . . two dots of light travelling 30,000 mph over your head.

Another time the space shuttle was overhead trailing a solar sail experiment . . . .

Some people get a kick out trying to catch flashes of Iridium satellites.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...s/3307166.html

There is a website that will predict where the flashes will occur in your local sky.

Cowperson

08-28-2009, 08:14 AM	#3
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	I live south of the city, in the country, and have seen the ISS many times, some deliberately but a few times accidentally. Because we live on the side of a hill, we have a long view of it, and can see it becoming visible over the mountains before dying out on the eastern horizon . . . . . although realistically, the passage is only a few minutes long. Best sightings though have been when it has the space shuttle chasing it . . . . two dots of light travelling 30,000 mph over your head. Another time the space shuttle was overhead trailing a solar sail experiment . . . . Some people get a kick out trying to catch flashes of Iridium satellites. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...s/3307166.html There is a website that will predict where the flashes will occur in your local sky. Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous