Int'l Space Station visible tonight

CanisLupusArctos · 06-07-2008, 12:26 PM

According to spaceweather.com, the International Space Station (ISS) will be visible tonight over the lakes region.

Look south. It will rise at 9:12 p.m. and reach a max elevation of 27 degrees above the horizon about 40 seconds later. Expected magnitude is listed as -1.0 (very bright.) Private citizens in many other parts of the country have been able to photograph its details with consumer-grade telescopes.

The ISS has solar panels spanning 240 feet from tip to tip. With a max visual magnitude of -3.0, it outshines Venus, and only the sun and moon are brighter.

Tonight's only obstructions to viewing may be haze and humidity, or possibly any leftover clouds from thunderstorms that form in the soupy air this afternoon.

06-07-2008, 12:26 PM	#1
CanisLupusArctos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 15 Thanked 472 Times in 107 Posts	Int'l Space Station visible tonight According to spaceweather.com, the International Space Station (ISS) will be visible tonight over the lakes region. Look south. It will rise at 9:12 p.m. and reach a max elevation of 27 degrees above the horizon about 40 seconds later. Expected magnitude is listed as -1.0 (very bright.) Private citizens in many other parts of the country have been able to photograph its details with consumer-grade telescopes. The ISS has solar panels spanning 240 feet from tip to tip. With a max visual magnitude of -3.0, it outshines Venus, and only the sun and moon are brighter. Tonight's only obstructions to viewing may be haze and humidity, or possibly any leftover clouds from thunderstorms that form in the soupy air this afternoon.