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Hog's Gone Fishin
02-07-2013, 07:55 PM
Anybody see it ?? I did as well as my daughter . Pretty cool ! It looked like a ,well...... shiny object in the dark. Lasted about 4 minutes.
displacedinMN
02-07-2013, 08:00 PM
It does not fly over here much, at least not at an angle that is visible.

It did last fall. It was moving-fast. Easy to tell it was the ISS.

there is an app for tracking the ISS by zip code.

If you want a great program-Stellarium. Good for Mac, windows, linux, android. Not an Ipad version. Free, clean, easy to use.
Hog's Gone Fishin
02-07-2013, 08:08 PM
And BTW I couldn't see anybody moving around inside. But I told my daughter there were Aliens inside. She asked me if they were illegal . ROFL
Dayze
02-07-2013, 08:34 PM
I've seen the shuttle before pass over while connected to the space station. Very cool and way brighter than I expected.
KChiefer
02-07-2013, 08:48 PM
Congrats, I saw it once a few years ago during a star gazing outing on a farm near here. The conductor told us to watch it and it would suddenly disappear. Sure enough it entered the earth's shadow and poof, it was gone.
Rooster
02-07-2013, 09:40 PM
It was an Iranian monkey.
EagleRob
02-07-2013, 10:06 PM
Iridium flares are a little harder to spot but also very cool. They build from total blackness into a flash and back to darkness that lasts about 4-5 seconds total. Heavensabove.org gives times and look angles by location. Intensity of the flash varies greatly by exact spot in the ground but in the right place the flash is brighter than the moon.
alpha_omega
02-07-2013, 10:20 PM
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html

Shows upcoming sightings based on country, state, and city.
Dave Lane
02-07-2013, 10:40 PM
Generally you get 3-4 passes a day, its harder to spot during the day unless you know where to look.
Dave Lane
02-07-2013, 10:41 PM
Iridium flares are a little harder to spot but also very cool. They build from total blackness into a flash and back to darkness that lasts about 4-5 seconds total. Heavensabove.org gives times and look angles by location. Intensity of the flash varies greatly by exact spot in the ground but in the right place the flash is brighter than the moon.

Yep its why many people think aliens visited them :)
bevischief
02-08-2013, 08:17 AM
I use to see it all the time before I moved up here.
Planetman
02-08-2013, 08:29 AM
My daughters and I look for the ISS whenever we can. We use this http://spaceweather.com/flybys/ to find out what's flying over and when.
BigMeatballDave
02-08-2013, 08:36 AM
Technically, it's doesn't 'fly'.

:)
BlackHelicopters
02-08-2013, 08:37 AM
Probably just an Irani drone.
ChiefRocka
02-08-2013, 08:44 AM
Technically, it's doesn't 'fly'.

:)

just roams above the apostrophere
Dayze
02-08-2013, 09:56 AM
My daughters and I look for the ISS whenever we can. We use this http://spaceweather.com/flybys/ to find out what's flying over and when.

cool dude.
Dr. Gigglepants
02-08-2013, 11:19 AM
My daughters and I look for the ISS whenever we can. We use this http://spaceweather.com/flybys/ to find out what's flying over and when.

Fri Feb 08/06:43 PM
5 duration
40 max elev
11 above SSW approach
22 above ENE departure

Tonight in Lee's Summit if anyone's interested. Could someone translate the above for me and tell me where to look?
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houstonwhodat
02-08-2013, 11:37 AM
I took a shot at it.