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See the Space Station tonight from Kerry

Oliverdog · 2009-09-12 09:57:02

The International Space Station will cross our clear :) sky tonight at about 9:47pm. Start to look in the west (allow 5 minutes either way) and it will appear heading right to left, quite brightly as it is being illuminated by our setting sun. It will gradually become dimmer as it crosses the sky quite quickly (it takes 90…

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12-09-2009 10:57am

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Oliverdog

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The International Space Station will cross our clear sky tonight at about 9:47pm.
Start to look in the west (allow 5 minutes either way) and it will appear heading right to left, quite brightly as it is being illuminated by our setting sun. It will gradually become dimmer as it crosses the sky quite quickly (it takes 90 minutes to go around the world) but it's a sight worth seeing.
The shuttle Discovery came back early this morning but they've left one woman up there where she'll stay until November.

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