As shown above, on Sunday, September 19, 2021 from 8:17 pm to 8:24 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon, and then passing very close to the Hercules Globular Cluster M13 before entering Earth’s shadow above the northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites…
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As shown above, on Friday, September 17, 2021 from 8:13 pm to 8:18 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the southwestern horizon, and then passing above Saturn and Jupiter before entering Earth’s shadow above the east-northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they…
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As shown above, on Friday, September 10, 2021 from 5:45 am to 5:51 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exciting Earth’s shadow above the west-northwestern horizon, flying past the Great Square of Pegasus, Orion’s Belt, and Sirius, and then setting in the southeast.…
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As shown above, on Monday, August 30, 2021 from 4:43 am to 4:46 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly overhead of the GTA, exciting Earth’s shadow high in the northwestern sky near Cassiopeia, and then setting in the northeast. Artificial satellites are visible because they are high enough to be bathed in sunlight…
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As shown above, on Friday, August 27, 2021 from 5:25 am to 5:31 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA, exciting Earth’s shadow above the southwestern horizon near Jupiter, flying close to the bright star Capella, and then setting in the east-northeast. Artificial satellites are visible because they are…
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As shown above, on Monday, August 2, 2021 from 9:54 pm to 9:58 pm EDT, the International Space Station will make a low pass visible in the GTA, rising from the western horizon near Venus, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow in the southern sky in Scorpius. Artificial satellites are visible because they are high…
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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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