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The sky pretty much from SW to SE was full of cloud, so it was ISS no show, for me. Just about 9:03 a large clear patch moving in from the NW revealed the thin crescent moon and then Venus, but by then the space station had gone beyond. I could see that low in the SE it looked like there was open sky and already I have a report that folks near Halifax (Bedford) did get a great view of the whole pass. I would add that the thin crescent Moon is worth a look (2-days past New Moon), with Venus shining brightly about 5.5 degrees above-left of the Moon. Moon set is about 10:45, so as the sky darkens it will very nicely show Earthshine on the Moon's dark side. If you were on the Moon looking at Earth tonight. Tarth would be like a gibbous Moon (nearly a full Earth). Thus the bright Earthshine on the dark part of the Moon. I recommend a look if the cloud permits. Sherman On 15/05/2010, at 8:44 PM, Sherman Williams wrote: > Last visible EVENING pass of the ISS til into June. > > Right after 9:01 from NW, peaks in SW about 9:03, Enters shadow in > SE at 9:o5:30 > > Early in pass, passes near Venus and very thin Crescent Moon,, then > in SW to south passes underneath Gemini Twin stars, close to Mars, > then Regulus in LEO, and finally below Saturn. In other words, > its pass could not be more aligned with the ecliptic. (the path > the planets and moon follow. The sky will make the sighting a > CHALLENGE. It is bright at this hour at this time of year and > there are clouds scattered about, but the trend is toward > clearing. In time??? > > We'll see. > > Sherman
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