Along with the two sites that Mike McCants listed, SpaceflightNow has additional information, including a launch timeline: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/ Mike McCants wrote that there might be a "comet" about 7 hours after launch, which is scheduled 0:30 January 16 UTC. So there might be a "comet" visible, weather permitting, over most of the western hemisphere at about 7:30 UTC (a little over seven hours from now, if the launch goes off on schedule). The "comet" would appear in the geostationary belt above roughly 95 west longitude -- as seen from your location. E.g., from Austin that's about altitude 55, azimuth 175 -- declination -5. These are very general, but if there's a comet and your sky is clear, given that there's no moonlight, it may be fairly easy to see. We here are at risk of clouds, but much of the southeast USA, as well as central California, looks to be pretty clear, at least according to the weather satellite photos right now. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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