On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Kevin Fetter <kfetter@yahoo.com> wrote: In one week, it will be time for all those iss passes. I show a record SIX VISIBLE PASSES for Friday, June 8 at my location in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. First pass starts at 8:54 PM, 20 minutes after sunset, peaking at 18 degrees above the SE horizon. Last pass starts at 4:57 AM, 21 minutes before dawn, peaking at 18 degrees above the SW horizon. Between them, we will get passes that reach 58, 20, 20 and 58 degrees, mostly across the northern horizon. I saw six visible passes of the old Mir space station many years ago. I think six is the most passes it is possible to see in one 24 hour period for satellites with Mir / ISS type orbital declinations and altitudes. I'm getting the numbers from GoSatWatch, a truly wonderful iPhone satellite tracking app. It's what I used to dream of back in the PC & printer days. I can't recommend it highly enough. Crossing my fingers and hoping for clear weather this year! Thanks for the reminders, Kevin. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20120530/33e5a96d/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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