boe4fun
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Spot the Space Station
For lats near San Luis Obispo CA:
Time: Sat Jan 14 6:50 PM, Visible: 3 min, Max Height: 56°, Appears: 10° above SW, Disappears: 56° above SSE
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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pacificobob
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I have an app called ISS DETECTOR.
It alerts the user when the iss will be visible.
It also alerts for the Tiangong (Chinese space station)
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mtgoat666
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https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
But this month has something more interesting than the space station. A comet should be visible to the naked eye around Feb 1….
Reportedly is visible right now with binos, but haven’t had a chance to get away from city lights to check it out (and it has been cloudy)
Good guide to viewing the comet:
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/new-comet-might-ge...
[Edited on 1-14-2023 by mtgoat666]
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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pauldavidmena
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Goat - Thanks for posting the EarthSky article. Between excessive surface light and typically overcast skies, we wouldn't be able to see the comet
here on Cape Cod, but there's some hope that we might when we visit Todos Santos in early February.
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AKgringo
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Last night, during a brief lull in a series of rain showers, I could almost see the moon. In the part of Norcal I am in nothing else has been visible
this month, other than brief glimpses of the sun.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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BajaBlanca
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I do miss the night sky in Baja Sur, the stars felt like they were touchable if you put your hand out!
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