As shown above, on Thursday, July 29, 2021 from 9:49 pm to 9:55 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon near Venus, flying through the bowls of both dippers and Cygnus, and then entering Earth’s shadow in the east-southeastern sky above…
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As shown above, on Monday, July 19, 2021 from 9:37 pm to 9:43 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a bright pass, rising over the western horizon near Venus and then setting below the northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they are high enough to be bathed in…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 from 11:06 pm to 11:13 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the west-southwestern horizon, flying closely past the bright star Arcturus, and then setting below the east-northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because…
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Tom Glenn of San Diego, CA used software to work out when the International space Station would fly past Mars, and captured this amazing image on Monday, September 21, 2020. He recorded a video through his camera affixed to a tracking telescope. NASA APOD for Sept 23, 2020. Artificial satellites are visible because they are…
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As shown above, on Sunday, May 30, 2021 from 9:43 to 9:49 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon near Venus and then flying past the Big Dipper before disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the east-southeastern horizon. Artificial satellites…
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As shown above, on Sunday, May 30, 2021 from 9:43 to 9:49 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon near Venus and then flying past the Big Dipper before disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the east-southeastern horizon. Artificial satellites…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 from 9:30 to 9:36 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon near the bright star Procyon and then flying past the bright star Vega just before disappearing below the northeastern horizon.…
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As shown above, on Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 10:15 to 10:21 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the southwestern horizon and then flying past the bright star Vega just before disappearing below the east-northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because…
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An artist’s conception of the first module of China’s new space station, TianHe, which will be visible when it flies overhead after dusk and before dawn. 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 the geometry is just…
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As shown above, on Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 5:15 to 5:21 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow over the west-southwestern horizon near the very bright star Arcturus, flying past the Little Dipper, and then disappearing below the northeastern horizon. Artificial…
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