the Space Station Flyover which occurred
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Perfect viewing weather tonight for the Space Station Flyover which occurred between 8:02 – 8:06 pm, especially with the rising full moon in the eastern sky. It will almost be overhead at 7:23 pm Thursday evening.
The International Space Station (ISS) returns for evening viewing this week. As the ISS passes by, keep an eye out for flares. Veteran space station watchers will also see the occasional “water dump” when the astronauts dump unneeded waste water overboard.
region. A second brighter pass occurs at 10:04
p.m. when it makes a brief appearance in the western sky
* Thurs. Aug. 26 at 8:57 p.m. Nearly as bright as Venus; cruises straight across the top of the sky
* Sat. Aug. 28 at 8:16 p.m. Another brilliant pass in twilight. Second pass at 10:19 p.m. when it makes a brief appearance in the northwestern sky
Maria showed Kody a favorite trick for finding the moon or sun without using a finderscope or looking alongside the telescope tube. When the tube shadow is smallest, look in the eyepiece and voila, there’s the moon.