[NatureNS] Space Station Passes Between Mars and Orion Tonight

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Thanks Sherman,

Just had a great look from our S. facing driveway - indeed the very bright
and fast-moving ISS disappeared as you said it would - a neat experience.

Richard

On Jan 31, 2008 4:26 PM, Sherman Williams <shermw@xcountry.tv> wrote:

> The space station is back in the evening sky and it seems like it may be a
> clear night tonight, Jan 31. Have a look.
> Shortly after 6:51 p.m. the ISS should be seen coming out of the southwest
> and reaching a peak of 49 degrees shortly after 6:52 p.m., nicely up in
> the east side of south, passing just above Orion.
>
> What is really interesting is that seconds later the light from ISS gets
> eclipsed from us when it enters the edge of Earth's shadow.  As this
> happens, ISS is just below Mars (the brightest natural object, high in the
> SE),  and just above Betelgeuse (the bright  "armpit" star of Orion).   Both
> Mars and Betelgeuse shine with reddish light.  Mars by reflected sunlight,
> just like the space station.     Betelgeuse is an old star, shining by its
> own light, the result of nuclear fusion.
>
> The spacestation is passing just off the south and eastern shore of N.S.(
> about half a length of N.S. offshore), about 380 km above Earth surface.
> We see it almost real time. Light from Mars is taking about 6 minutes to
> reach us (about 77 percent of the Sun's distance from us).  Light from
> Betelgeuse requires about 500 years to reach us (520 ly away from us).
>
> ISS makes a number of good passes during the next two weeks. Check the
> schedule here: http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/ISS_Page.html
>
>
> Sherman Williams
> shermw@xcountry.tv
>
>
>


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Thanks Sherman,<br><br>Just had a great look from our S. facing driveway - indeed the very bright and fast-moving ISS disappeared as you said it would - a neat experience.<br><br>Richard<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 31, 2008 4:26 PM, Sherman Williams &lt;shermw@xcountry.tv&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="">
The space station is back in the evening sky and it seems like it may be a clear night tonight, Jan 31. Have a look.<div><br></div><div>Shortly after 6:51 p.m. the ISS should be seen coming out of the southwest and reaching a peak of 49 degrees shortly after 6:52 p.m., nicely up in the east side of south, passing just above Orion.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br></div><div>What is really interesting is that seconds later the light from ISS gets eclipsed from us when it enters the edge of Earth&#39;s shadow. &nbsp;As this happens, ISS is just below Mars (the brightest natural object, high in the SE), &nbsp;and just above Betelgeuse (the bright &nbsp;&quot;armpit&quot; star of Orion). &nbsp; Both Mars and Betelgeuse shine with reddish light. &nbsp;Mars by reflected sunlight, just like the space station. &nbsp; &nbsp; Betelgeuse is an old star, shining by its own light, the result of nuclear fusion. &nbsp;</div>
<div><br></div><div>The spacestation is passing just off the south and eastern shore of N.S.( about half a length of N.S. offshore), about 380 km above Earth surface. We see it almost real time. Light from Mars is taking about 6 minutes to reach us (about 77 percent of the Sun&#39;s distance from us). &nbsp;Light from Betelgeuse requires about 500 years to reach us (520 ly away from us).</div>
<div><br></div><div>ISS makes a number of good passes during the next two weeks. Check the schedule here:&nbsp;http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/ISS_Page.html&nbsp;</div>
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