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    Spot the Space Station Tonight!

    Time: Wed Sep 16 8:44 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 62?, Appears: 10? above SW, Disappears: 16? above NE

    As long as it doesn't get cloudy, tonight will be a great night to watch the space station.

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    I may have mentioned it here before, I can't recall.
    The best sighting of the ISS I saw was when one of the shuttles was due to undock from the station as it was passing overhead.
    I went out to West Fort Hood (darkest place I could think of), and saw the station and the shuttle, and they were drifting away from each other as they passed overhead.

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    Tomorrow night will be good too. Six minutes, beginning at 7:56 PM.

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    The Spot the Station site says SE Alabama gets 6 minutes visible tonight, but that b!t@h Sally has other plans ....
    Friday looks good -
    Fri Sep 18, 7:12 PM 5 min 60? 27? above WSW 11? above NE

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    Down Load the NASA app on your phone, lot os great features.
    The app will give you the location of the ISS its orbit and when it will be visible at your location.
    Several times the wife and I have watched it go by from our backyard in town.
    Johnny

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    I love to sit in my backyard and watch the moon pass over. It's visible almost every night if it's not raining. Lately the mosquitoes have been just too bad tough with all the rain we've been having and all that standing water everywhere for them. I get to take a night off tonight since it's time for the "New" Moon. (It would be fun to see if I could find it and bounce a laser off it on a night like this.)
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    Just watched it a few minutes ago. The wife was interested in what I was up to out back for so long, and she got a good long look as well. Thanks for the tip off.
    If you do not read the news you are uninformed. If you do you are misinformed. Mark Twain


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    I edited out the background noise from the pool.


    https://youtu.be/CMM1yk2L32c

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
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    I edited out the background noise from the pool.


    https://youtu.be/CMM1yk2L32c
    How lovely! Thanks for sharing.
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    Well, gonna try again tonight to see it. I tried last night for the 9:45 or so sighting and didn't see anything.

    I can remember when I was about 12 or 13, having a sleeping bag thing in the back yard with my dad. We were laying in the bags and looking at the stars and saw a satellite go over. It almost scared me. Now I am not sure if it was Sputnik or Telstar. It was one or the other as there had not been any other announced launchings that is could have been.
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