Well, the Heavens Above Web site tells me that the ISS is due to pass almost directly over San Diego (my home town) a little after 8 pm Sunday night. It'll be about magnitude -1, so it should be quite a sight, especially as the sun sets on the station shortly after it passes by the zenith point (near Vega) and it fades out of sight. Old hat to everyone else on this list, of course, but nevertheless something I with my aging vision will be able to appreciate. Usually the ISS appears here dimly, something like 10 or 20 degrees above the horizon at magnitude 2 or so, not particularly comfortable for observing in between the houses and trees and such. Therefore, I predict that the sky will be completely overcast Sunday evening, so that I will be unable to enjoy the ISS passover. I make this prediction to test whether the Fates are more interested in letting me see the station, and thus proving me wrong, than in proving me right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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