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Hello Sherman:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Just wanted to let you know our WHOLE family watched the progress of the
separated Discovery and Int'nl Space Station pass overhead this evening and
were thrilled. We have all our four children here with their spouses or
significant other, having celebrated a family wedding on the east coast
(past Sat). Tonight we celebrated being together on the Ridge Rd with a
feast of lobster, marking the 50th birthday of our Langley son-in-law, and
ended the celebrations with this celestial sighting. It was a great hit
even with our 3 yr. old Gt-grandson who was also here !!! A remarkable
evening all around.
Really appreciate your postings of when to see these wondrous events. Truly
inspiring.
Thank you again.
Cheers,
Judy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Judy Tufts
Wolfville
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Sherman Williams
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 3:57 PM
To: Naturens; BLOMIDON NATURALIST LIST
Subject: [NatureNS] Space Station passes tonight (Tuesday)with a little star
gazing.
As mentioned last evening, Space Station is once again visible in the
evening sky. Tonight's pass will be interesting to catch because the
Shuttle, Discovery will have separated from the Space Station (ISS), so
they should appear as separate objects on the same track as they pass.
( http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html )
For Maritime Canadians, the pass should be a nice one (if cloud does not get
in the way). The pass begins shortly after 8:44 p.m. appearing out of the
SW. It reaches the peak of the pass in the SE at close to 8:47 p.m. and
enters Earth shadow in the east about 8:48. At the height of the pass for
the Annapolis Valley it will reach about 43 degrees above the SE horizon
(about halfway to overhead). If you are NW of the Ann. Valley it will be
lower. If SE of me then it will appear higher.
See this link for the overhead track.
( http://www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.asp?date=40064.9908457767
<http://www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.asp?date=40064.9908457767&lat=45.100&ln
g=-64.250&alt=54&loc=Avonport&TZ=AST&satid=25544>
&lat=45.100&lng=-64.250&alt=54&loc=Avonport&TZ=AST&satid=25544 )
The reflection from the station should get nearly as bright as Venus (Mag
minus 3.9) and quite a bit brighter than Jupiter (Mag minus 2.8) In
measuring star and planet brightness, more negative is brighter, more
positive is dimmer. Vega is Mag 0, Deneb is near Mag +1
For Avonport, the ISS will pass just below the star Altair, in the
constellation, AQUILA, The Eagle, which is the southern most part of the
Summer Triangle (marked by 3 bright stars: Altair (AQUILA), Deneb (CYGNUS)
and Vega (LYRA) (two bright stars near overhead). Vega is brightest and most
to the west. Jupiter is the bright star-like light low in the SE.So there
is a little star gazing you can do during the pass.
Here is a link to a star chart drawn for Avonport (Annapolis Valley view) at
the time of the pass.
( http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=25544
<http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=25544&lat=45.100&lng=-64
.250&alt=54&loc=Avonport&TZ=AST&Date=40064.9908457767>
&lat=45.100&lng=-64.250&alt=54&loc=Avonport&TZ=AST&Date=40064.9908457767 )
If you note the track the station takes relative to Altair where you live,
and compare it to its track for Annapolis Valley viewers, you will be seeing
the difference one's Earth surface location makes (a little navigation
observation). For Avonport, the station will pass about about 8 degrees
below Altair and about 24 degrees above Jupiter (a vertically held fist
sighted at arms length against the sky is about a 10 degree angle)
There is a 2nd pass about 90+min later but it hits the Earth shadow before
it hardly gets above the horizon.
There is another great pass tomorrow evening as well.
This link will get you pass details.
http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/ISS_Page.html
Happy observing,
Sherman
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