Hey All,
I've used this to see the shuttle launch if some
of you remember back few months ago. There may be a
very slight chance (READ: unlikely!) to see the launch
trail of the missile or maybe even the impact from the
GOES 11 geostationary weather satellite that will be
taking an image at 3:30 UT each day (as well at other
times). At around 4:00 UT Feb 21 (6pm Feb 20 Hawaii
time) I would go to:
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite
and click on "Visible" or "Infrared (Color)" on the
left side of the page and then on the "Large Size"
button on the top of the page and then finally on the
icon for Hawaii ("HI") on the map. This will bring up
a large current weather image of Hawaii. The Visible
image will be darker than usual with the sun setting
but the infrared might show a streak. According to the
NOTAM PDF that Ted made, the streak should be across
the extreme upper left corner. You can also set
parameters on this page to go through image loops if
you miss the update time (left hand side). There also
are some additional links on this page to view larger
weather images but lower resolution.
Also, at 3:45 UT GOES 12 will take a very large
infrared image of North America - might be an
opportunity to see heated debris entering the
atmosphere over Canada. Go to this same page at around
4:05 UT and click on the "Infrared (Color)" button and
then click on the "Large Size" button and then click
on the "Contiguous U.S." link at the top of the map.
No guarantees here - just a chance!
Regards,
Jeff Umbarger
Plano, TX USA
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