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elgatoloco
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ISS Wednesday night 2/04/09
www.heavens-above.com
The 4th the station will be at it's highest altitude and will be the brightest. It will be passing overhead for the next 15 days and next week it will
be visible in the mornings and very bright. I strongly encourage everyone to sign up as a user on heavens-above and put in your location for optimal
viewing. If you have never seen the ISS before it will be moving very fast.
[Edited on 2-3-2009 by elgatoloco]
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Martyman
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What celestial object are we talking about here?
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international space station?
thanks for the tip. will be out watching for it.
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Will be watching for it.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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cool,looks like it will pass right overhead here...so would that be 6:30 our time or 7:30 as we are on mountain time?
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elgatoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
Crazycat
What celestial object are we talking about here? |
International Space Station. Tax dollars hard at work.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
cool,looks like it will pass right overhead here...so would that be 6:30 our time or 7:30 as we are on mountain time? |
7:30 your time. Hola to Juan! See you this summer!! 
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bout time amigo....gracias...cant wait to impress my friends after happy hour tomorrow!
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Happy hour
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Ham radio operators use the ISS for a repeater. Sometimes the crew is active and talk with hams. They also have packet operations (send and receive
digital messages) and SSTV (slow scan television exchange).
In 2005 a used spacesuit was released with a 2 meter beacon transmitter. The name given to the project was SuitSat. It transmitted for about 1.5
years.
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Thanks elgatoloco...we just watch it go over head. Heck of a sight.
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darn, I was out there...all tuned up with binoculars in hand...and...nuttin...oh I did see a satellite going northbound...tiny one but sheesh...I was
all excited and told all my friends to watch...rats
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
darn, I was out there...all tuned up with binoculars in hand...and...nuttin...oh I did see a satellite going northbound...tiny one but sheesh...I was
all excited and told all my friends to watch...rats |
We saw a northbound sat as well... from our hot tub... I was thinking ISS... but it was going the wrong way! 
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Shari don't feel bad...I didn't see it at first. Actually my husband, a retired airline pilot, spotted it right away. We are in CSL and it went
right over our condo. It looked like an airplane on approach for a night landing...but much higher. For some reason I thought it would be going
faster than it was...but it was still a great experience.
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Totally overcast in Central California (maybe we will get some needed rain)
So, zilch on the ISS
Have seen it many many times, and it always inspires.
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An ISS pass should last somewhere between 3-6 minutes from edge to edge depending on Altitude. It travels at around 350 miles high at at a speed of 7.68 kms/sec (17,500 mph+-). I really have never looked for the ISS even though I go outside to work it with my handheld radio. One day
while looking for another amateur satellite I watched an unknown satellite looking like a golden orb fly by. 
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It's especially bright...
...when the Space shuttle is docked with the ISS!
Check out it's orbits when the Shuttle's docked for a 'bright' surprise in the evening sky...it's rather spooky to watch, if it's an early evening
pass, as the sky isn't real dark, as the ISS/SS floats across the sky!
An early morning pass is another treat if you have the chance to catch it from your location.
Heavens-Above also lists the times and shows the orbits of many larger pcs of 'space junk' that's above us all the time...you'll be able to 'predict'
some of the flybys to impress your amigos! We enjoyed having a contest with our kids to see who could spot the most Satellites...those youthful eyes
seemed to spot the most Sat's, as we were hampered, no doubt, by a couple of 'sundowners' as we watched!
H-A also has sky charts that will help you identify those stars you can see all the time in that clear Baja air, away from the city lights...
Try it, you like it!...
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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will someone PLEASE let us know when it will pass again...maybe I came in too early then..around 10 to 8 cause I should have seen it in our clear
dark skies...hmmm
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Spotted it at 7:30 pm...passed over head at 7:32 pm
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aha....then maybe it passed over us earlier...when I was...um...pouring a c-cktail to take outside! dang.
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