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--Apple-Mail-16-62478331 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed The Space Station(ISS) and Shuttle, Discouvery (STS mission#124) make a good pass across the northern sky this evening just before 10 p.m. They will be in view for the whole pass from when it comes into view above the NW shortly after 9:54 p.m., reaching a peak above the NNE at 9:57 p.m., elevation 33 degrees in Avonport. The more north of 45 deg N. Lat. you are the higher the pass will be, as you can see from the track link here. The shuttle is now docked to the space station (since about 3:30 this afternoon) last evening when I observed a near overhead of the two objects, they were apart, following one behind the other (about a minute apart). There should be about 11 or 12 people onboard during the pass. About 11:30 p.m. you can catch them coming out of the WNW, at 11:31:30 they run into the edge of Earth's shadow (altitude about 35 degrees) above the WSW. Here is a link to the track on that pass. From Avonport, the visible part of the ISS pass takes it nearly in line first with Mars (near when it comes in view) then Saturn (just before it hits Earth shadow). From what I can judge, the further north one is the nearer the pass will be in line with the planets. You can get live or near live views of the mission via NASA TV online at this link http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html Sherman --Apple-Mail-16-62478331 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> The Space Station(ISS) and Shuttle, Discouvery (STS mission#124) make a = good pass across the northern sky this evening just before 10 p.m. They = will be in view for the whole pass from when it comes into view above = the NW shortly after 9:54 p.m., reaching a peak above the NNE at 9:57 = p.m., elevation 33 degrees in Avonport. =A0The more north of 45 deg N. = Lat. you are the higher the pass will be, as you can see from<a = href=3D"http://www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.asp?date=3D39602.0396100128&am= p;lat=3D45.100&lng=3D-64.250&alt=3D54&loc=3DAvonport&TZ=3D= AST&satid=3D25544"> the track link here.</a><br> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = "><div><br></div></span><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "></span> </div>The = shuttle is now docked to the space station (since about 3:30 this = afternoon) last evening when I observed a near overhead of the two = objects, they were apart, =A0following one behind the other (about a = minute apart). =A0There should be about 11 or 12 people onboard during = the pass.=A0<br><div><div><br></div><div>About 11:30 p.m. you can catch = them coming out of the WNW, =A0 =A0at 11:31:30 they run into the edge of = Earth's shadow (altitude about 35 degrees) above the WSW. =A0Here is a = l<a = href=3D"http://www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.asp?date=3D39602.1052139079&am= p;lat=3D45.100&lng=3D-64.250&alt=3D54&loc=3DAvonport&TZ=3D= AST&satid=3D25544">ink to the track on that pass</a>. =A0=46rom = Avonport, the visible part of the ISS pass takes it nearly in line first = with Mars (near when it comes in view) then Saturn (just before it hits = Earth shadow). =46rom what I can judge, the further north one is the = nearer the pass will be in line with the planets.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>You can get live or near = live views of the mission via NASA TV online at this link=A0<a = href=3D"http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html">http://= www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html</a></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Sherman</div></div></body></= html>= --Apple-Mail-16-62478331--
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