As shown above, on Monday, October 23, 2023 from 6:37 to 6:42 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the western sky near Jupiter, then flying closely past Polaris before setting in the northeast. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial satellites are visible…
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As shown above, on Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 6:33 to 6:39 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow low in the southwestern sky, then flying close to Betelgeuse in Orion and Gemini’s twin stars before setting in the…
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As shown above, on Sunday, October 1, 2023 from 7:30 to 7:36 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the northwestern horizon, flying through the Big Dipper and then close to Scheat, the star in one corner of Pegasus’ square, and then…
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As shown above, on Saturday, September 30, 2023 from 8:18 to 8:22 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the west-northwestern horizon, flying closely past bright Vega and Deneb, and then entering Earth’s shadow in the east-southeastern sky near Saturn.…
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As shown above, on Monday, September 18, 2023 from 8:12 to 8:18 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising over the west-southwestern horizon, flying close to bright Arcturus and medium-bright Polaris, and then entering Earth’s shadow low in the northeastern sky. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com)…
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As shown above, on Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 8:09 to 8:15 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the southwestern horizon, flying through the bright stars of the Summer Triangle, and then entering Earth’s shadow low in the east-northeastern…
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As shown above, on Thursday, September 7, 2023 from 5:47 to 5:53 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow just above the west-northwestern horizon, flying past Jupiter and Sirius, and then setting in the southeast. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial satellites…
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As shown above, on Sunday, August 27, 2023 from 5:01 to 5:05 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow halfway up the western sky, flying past Cassiopeia and Polaris, and then setting in the northeast. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial satellites…
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The International Space Station illuminated by a 3.6-Watt 532-nm green laser, recorded by ESA’s Optical Ground Station. The video was taken at 7 frames per second on Oct 8, 2014. Artificial satellites are visible because they are high enough to be bathed in sunlight while the sun is below the horizon for earthbound observers. When…
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As shown above, on Thursday, July 27, 2023 from 9:49 to 9:55 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the northwestern horizon, flying through the Big Dipper and the Summer Triangle, and then entering Earth’s shadow low in the east-southeastern…
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