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ISS Will Be Visible Again (August 20th to August 25th)

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  • 16-08-2009 9:24pm
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    jumpguy
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    The ISS will once again be returning to Irish skies, except it'll be in the small hours of the morning (4-6 AM). So this is useful for those of you working a night shift, are nocturnal or love the ISS so much you'll get up just to see it.
    The ISS follows a cycle of being visible in the early morning, then it'll change to being visible in the evenings (more convenient to us daywalkers) then it won't be visible for a period (the period it's currently in).
    This is good news, if the shuttle launchs August 25th we're in for a good chance of seeing it (it'll be the small hours of the morning it'll launch).

    Pass Times

    Date - Rising Time/Direction/Alt - Maximum Alt. - Setting Time/Direction/Alt - Mag.

    20/8 - 05:18/South/10 - 05:20/SE/16 - 05:22/ESE/10 - -1.0

    21/8 - 05:42/SW/10 - 05:45/SSE/31 - 05:48/East/10 - -2.1

    22/8 - 04:35/SSE/17 - 04:35/SSE/17 - 04:37/ESE/10 - -1.2

    22/8 - 06:07/WSW/10 - 06:10/SSE/55 - 06:10/East/10 - -3.0

    23/8 - 04:59/SSW/24 - 5:00/SSE/33 - 05:02/East/10 - -2.3

    24/8 - 03:51/ESE/13 - 03:51/ESE/31 - 03:52/ESE/10 - -0.6

    24/8 - 05:23/WSW/18 - 05:25/SSE/57 - 05:28/East/10 - -3.1

    25/8 - 04:15/SE/30 - 04:15/SE/30 - 04:17/East/10 - -2.0

    25/8 - 05:57/W/10 - 05:50/S/77 - 05:53/E/10 - -3.3

    25/8 Is the shuttle launch :) Mag is short for magnitude and is the brightness. Happy ISS watching and here's hoping the shuttle isn't delayed.


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