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Topics => Science, Technology, & Medicine => Topic started by: rickl on February 21, 2011, 07:10:36 PM
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ISS viewing
Post by libertasinfinitio on Aug 27, 2010, 11:26pm
Dang, sometimes I scare myself! I already had a few under my belt tonight, then stepped out to enjoy a fine puro with another beer, and I saw the ISS go whipping overhead around 9:30pm. Bright as hell, went west to east, from roughly Arcturus straight east just south of Cassiopeia. Pretty cool. Did some quick math figuring rate of motion, about 2 degrees of visible sky and 360 degrees of circumference and I thought maybe it'd be by again around 11:30. And damned if it wasn't! I came in and checked the NASA tables for my zip code and I was within 1 minute of actual. If I can do that half-sauced then, that can only mean...yeah, I need another beer.
PS- Jupiter just south of the rising moon was pretty dang cool too, that sucker is bright rusty lookin' bugger past few nights.
Re: ISS viewing
Post by glock32 on Aug 28, 2010, 5:29pm
And thanks to Chairman Zero, our national space program will be limited to stowing away aboard Russian craft, hidden amongst all the luggage.
Re: ISS viewing
Post by pandora on Aug 29, 2010, 11:37am
Aug 28, 2010, 5:29pm, glock32 wrote:
And thanks to Chairman Zero, our national space program will be limited to stowing away aboard Russian craft, hidden amongst all the luggage.
... while chanting hosannas of appreciation to muslims for their non-existent contributions ....
Re: ISS viewing
Post by irondiopriest on Aug 29, 2010, 1:21pm
Aug 29, 2010, 11:37am, pandora wrote:
Aug 28, 2010, 5:29pm, glock32 wrote:
And thanks to Chairman Zero, our national space program will be limited to stowing away aboard Russian craft, hidden amongst all the luggage.
... while chanting hosannas of appreciation to muslims for their non-existent contributions ....
It makes 'em feel good about themselves though.
Re: ISS viewing
Post by pandora on Aug 29, 2010, 1:54pm
And isn't that the important thing, 'eh?
Re: ISS viewing
Post by irondiopriest on Aug 29, 2010, 2:46pm
Aug 29, 2010, 1:54pm, pandora wrote:
And isn't that the important thing, 'eh?
It should be every spaceman's Prime Directive.
Re: ISS viewing
Post by libertasinfinitio on Aug 29, 2010, 4:01pm
Chairman Zero, heh, I like that. It covers it all!
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Excellent Time-lapse Video from the ISS (http://gizmodo.com/5928072/the-most-spectacular-night-view-of-earth-ever-captured-by-nasa)
A link to look up times for a Flyover in your area (http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States)
and a link to see where it is now (http://www.isstracker.com/)
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Cool, I'll have to check this out...whenever the clouds & rain blow out, which is looking like Saturday right now.