Greater Toronto Area ISS Passes for the week of September 29th, 2019

On Saturday, October 6 from 7:58 to 8:03 pm EDT, the International Space Station will glide high over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, passing near the bright star Deneb, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the east-southeastern horizon.

The ISS (International Space Station) is visible gliding silently over the GTA this week. The best passes at (mostly) convenient times are listed below. (Note: The more negative the Mag. number, the brighter. The larger the Alt. number, the higher up it is!) Some passes are high and bright! (Data adapted from www.Heavens-above.com. If you enter your location in their website, you will get a list of them for your location.) All the times are in Eastern Time.

Date Start & End Times (EDT) Direction of Travel Max Alt. Mag.
Sun, 29-Sep 8:47:51 pm to 8:50:47 pm moves NW to NNE 22° -2.0
Mon, 30-Sep 7:59:10 pm to 8:04:02 pm moves NW to NE 21° -1.8
Tue, 1-Oct 8:47:26 pm to 8:50:10 pm moves NW to N 30° -2.4
Wed, 2-Oct 7:58:52 pm to 8:03:26 pm moves NW to ENE 25° -2.2
Thu, 3-Oct 8:46:52 pm to 8:49:37 pm moves NW to NNW 48° -3.1 !!
Fri, 4-Oct 7:58:18 pm to 8:02:58 pm moves NW to ENE 38° -3.0 !!
Sat, 5-Oct 8:46:21 pm to 8:49:15 pm moves WNW to WSW 55° -3.2 !!
Sun, 6-Oct 7:57:42 pm to 8:02:44 pm moves WNW to ESE 81° -3.9 !!

There are no visible Iridium Flares predicted for the GTA this week.

Keep looking up, and enjoy the sky when you do. I love questions and requests – so, send me some!