As shown above, on Saturday, December 4, 2021 from 6:13 pm to 6:17 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon, and then flying through Cassiopeia before disappearing into Earth’s shadow high in the eastern sky between Perseus and Andromeda. Artificial…
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As shown above, on Monday, November 22, 2021 from 5:56 pm to 6:01 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon, and then flying through Cygnus and Cassiopeia before disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the northeastern horizon in Perseus. Artificial satellites…
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As shown above, on Saturday, November 20, 2021 from 5:54 pm to 5:58 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the south-southwestern horizon near Venus, and then flying under Saturn and Jupiter before disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the eastern horizon. Artificial satellites are…
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As shown above, on Monday, November 8, 2021 from 5:47 am to 5:51 am EST, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the western sky near the bright star Aldebaran, and then flying over Orion and Sirius before setting below the south-southeastern horizon. Artificial…
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As shown above, on Saturday, November 6, 2021 from 6:44 am to 6:49 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the northwestern sky near Perseus, and then flying over the Big Dipper’s bowl before setting below the east-southeastern horizon. Artificial satellites…
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As shown above, on Monday, October 25, 2021 from 6:30 am to 6:35 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the west-southwestern sky near Taurus, and then flying over the Big Dipper before setting below the northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible…
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As shown above, on Monday, October 18, 2021 from 8:02 pm to 8:04 pm EDT, the Chinese Tiangong Space Station will be visible from the GTA, rising from the southwestern horizon near Venus, and then entering Earth’s shadow above the southern horizon near Jupiter. Artificial satellites are visible because they are high enough to be…
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As shown above, on Saturday, October 23, 2021 from 6:26 am to 6:32 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow low over the southwestern horizon, and then flying between Orion’s Belt and the very bright star Sirius before setting below the east-northeastern horizon,…
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As shown above, on Sunday, October 3, 2021 from 8:36 pm to 8:40 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, and then flying very close to Vega before entering Earth’s shadow above the eastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they…
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As shown above, on Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 7:45 pm to 7:51 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon, and then passing through the Big Dipper’s bowl, close to Polaris, through Cassiopeia, and near the Andromeda Galaxy before entering Earth’s…
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