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 Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:53 am Post subject: Event tonigh |
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According to a note I wrote to myself last week, tonight the folk in
Henderson and LV will have an excellent view of the International Space
Station at 5:51p local time in the southwest. It disappears in the NE
only a few minutes later. The reason I'm mentioning it is that tonight
the sun angle should be great for it to appear quite bright.
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Walt
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Event tonigh |
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In article <19_Uk.28584$8T2.27072@newsfe07.iad>, Nonnymus
<awss@cox.net> wrote:
| Quote: | According to a note I wrote to myself last week, tonight the folk in
Henderson and LV will have an excellent view of the International Space
Station at 5:51p local time in the southwest. It disappears in the NE
only a few minutes later. The reason I'm mentioning it is that tonight
the sun angle should be great for it to appear quite bright.
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.asp?lat=36.175&lng=-115.136&alt=0&l
oc=Las+Vegas&TZ=PST&satid=25544
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Nonny, did you see it? |
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Nonnymus
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:07 am Post subject: Re: Event tonigh |
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Walt wrote:
| Quote: | In article <19_Uk.28584$8T2.27072@newsfe07.iad>, Nonnymus
awss@cox.net> wrote:
According to a note I wrote to myself last week, tonight the folk in
Henderson and LV will have an excellent view of the International Space
Station at 5:51p local time in the southwest. It disappears in the NE
only a few minutes later. The reason I'm mentioning it is that tonight
the sun angle should be great for it to appear quite bright.
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.asp?lat=36.175&lng=-115.136&alt=0&l
oc=Las+Vegas&TZ=PST&satid=25544
Nonny, did you see it?
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Yes, a bunch of neighbors gathered on the street in front of the house.
A home across the street blocked the first 15 or so degrees of rise,
but the station/shuttle popped over the roof right on time. It began
fairly dim, but as it rose higher the light was easily as bright as
Venus, which was visible all the time. Once it passed about overhead,
it dimmed rapidly as it entered the earth's shadow. Wow, was it ever cool.
I recall as a youngster being out at a dirt racetrack with my parents,
watching a 1/4 mile race. The race ended and the announcer told
everybody to look upward and slightly to the east- the lights were shut
off for a bit, and there was Sputnik- the first artificial satellite.
What was a bit surprising was just how fast the ISS/Shuttle were moving.
Wow- a couple minutes of visibility at most for us, I'd guess. I had
binoculars, but even with image stabilization, I couldn't make out any
features. Besides, all the neighborhood kids were using them and all I
got was one peek.
Something else that I've seen from Henderson was most likely an Iridium
flash. I was happily laying back last winter in the hot tub one
evening, drink in hand and contemplating great thoughts when there was a
violet/purple flash in the sky right where I was looking. At first, i
just assumed it was just a stroke or hemorrhage, but then I got excited
when I realized it wasn't just my dying brain but something out in space
or at least way up in the sky. Since the drink in hand was my second of
the evening, it took me about 15 seconds to realize it was a reflection
of sunlight off a satellite or solar panels of a satellite. Cool.
It's fun to reflect on the changes we've seen in our lifetime. . .
things like Sputnik to the ISS, Constellation tri-tail and DC-3 typical
passenger craft to the 747 and A380. That's nothing compared to what my
father experienced. He was born 1902, and that took his lifespan from
the beginning of controlled flight at Kitty Hawk all the way to sitting
in front of a TV watching men walk on the moon. He literally went from
horse and buggy to the Interstate highway system and kerosene lights to
television. Sadly, he missed out on some really cool things like GPS,
computers, flat screen monitors and the Internet. He would have liked
it all.
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Nonnymus-
Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.
-Mark Twain |
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Walt
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Event tonigh |
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In article <GdCXk.1539$v37.1516@newsfe01.iad>, Nonnymus <awss@cox.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | Walt wrote:
In article <19_Uk.28584$8T2.27072@newsfe07.iad>, Nonnymus
awss@cox.net> wrote:
According to a note I wrote to myself last week, tonight the folk in
Henderson and LV will have an excellent view of the International Space
Station at 5:51p local time in the southwest. It disappears in the NE
only a few minutes later. The reason I'm mentioning it is that tonight
the sun angle should be great for it to appear quite bright.
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.asp?lat=36.175&lng=-115.136&alt=0
&l
oc=Las+Vegas&TZ=PST&satid=25544
Nonny, did you see it?
Yes, a bunch of neighbors gathered on the street in front of the house.
A home across the street blocked the first 15 or so degrees of rise,
but the station/shuttle popped over the roof right on time. It began
fairly dim, but as it rose higher the light was easily as bright as
Venus, which was visible all the time. Once it passed about overhead,
it dimmed rapidly as it entered the earth's shadow. Wow, was it ever cool.
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I saw the 2nd pass on Friday afternoon at 5:10 PM, from the top deck of
the Trop Express parking garage in Laughlin. Apparently my watch was a
little fast, so I was just about to give up when I saw it rising from
the southwest. With the pass taking place closer to sunset, I was able
to view the space station until it descended quite low over Arizona.
| Quote: | What was a bit surprising was just how fast the ISS/Shuttle were moving.
Wow- a couple minutes of visibility at most for us, I'd guess.
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Yeah, the orbit is only about 215 miles up. Anything that low circles
the globe roughly every 90 minutes.
--- Walt |
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The DOS Man
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:54 am Post subject: Re: Event tonigh |
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Nonny:
I watched it from about Rainbow and Flamingo at 5:22 pm yesturday from the
Southwest skies. The rain has passed and the sky was crisp and clear making
for a perfect night.
I commented to one of our guests that it is sad that all my life I had hoped
to get to space someday, but perhaps your children will.
What the other 'star' next to it? Venus?
M
"Nonnymus" <awss@cox.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Walt wrote:
In article <19_Uk.28584$8T2.27072@newsfe07.iad>, Nonnymus
awss@cox.net> wrote:
According to a note I wrote to myself last week, tonight the folk in
Henderson and LV will have an excellent view of the International Space
Station at 5:51p local time in the southwest. It disappears in the NE
only a few minutes later. The reason I'm mentioning it is that tonight
the sun angle should be great for it to appear quite bright.
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.asp?lat=36.175&lng=-115.136&alt=0&l
oc=Las+Vegas&TZ=PST&satid=25544
Nonny, did you see it?
Yes, a bunch of neighbors gathered on the street in front of the house. A
home across the street blocked the first 15 or so degrees of rise, but the
station/shuttle popped over the roof right on time. It began fairly dim,
but as it rose higher the light was easily as bright as Venus, which was
visible all the time. Once it passed about overhead, it dimmed rapidly as
it entered the earth's shadow. Wow, was it ever cool.
I recall as a youngster being out at a dirt racetrack with my parents,
watching a 1/4 mile race. The race ended and the announcer told everybody
to look upward and slightly to the east- the lights were shut off for a
bit, and there was Sputnik- the first artificial satellite.
What was a bit surprising was just how fast the ISS/Shuttle were moving.
Wow- a couple minutes of visibility at most for us, I'd guess. I had
binoculars, but even with image stabilization, I couldn't make out any
features. Besides, all the neighborhood kids were using them and all I
got was one peek.
Something else that I've seen from Henderson was most likely an Iridium
flash. I was happily laying back last winter in the hot tub one evening,
drink in hand and contemplating great thoughts when there was a
violet/purple flash in the sky right where I was looking. At first, i
just assumed it was just a stroke or hemorrhage, but then I got excited
when I realized it wasn't just my dying brain but something out in space
or at least way up in the sky. Since the drink in hand was my second of
the evening, it took me about 15 seconds to realize it was a reflection of
sunlight off a satellite or solar panels of a satellite. Cool.
It's fun to reflect on the changes we've seen in our lifetime. . . things
like Sputnik to the ISS, Constellation tri-tail and DC-3 typical passenger
craft to the 747 and A380. That's nothing compared to what my father
experienced. He was born 1902, and that took his lifespan from the
beginning of controlled flight at Kitty Hawk all the way to sitting in
front of a TV watching men walk on the moon. He literally went from horse
and buggy to the Interstate highway system and kerosene lights to
television. Sadly, he missed out on some really cool things like GPS,
computers, flat screen monitors and the Internet. He would have liked it
all.
--
Nonnymus-
Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.
-Mark Twain |
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Walt
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:39 am Post subject: Re: Event tonigh |
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In article <yaXXk.5478$pr6.2296@flpi149.ffdc.sbc.com>, The DOS Man
<nowhere@nohow.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Nonny:
I watched it from about Rainbow and Flamingo at 5:22 pm yesturday from the
Southwest skies. The rain has passed and the sky was crisp and clear making
for a perfect night.
I commented to one of our guests that it is sad that all my life I had hoped
to get to space someday, but perhaps your children will.
What the other 'star' next to it? Venus?
M
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The space station did not pass over Vegas yesterday. You were looking
at Jupiter.
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"Nonnymus" <awss@cox.net> wrote in message
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Walt wrote:
In article <19_Uk.28584$8T2.27072@newsfe07.iad>, Nonnymus
awss@cox.net> wrote:
According to a note I wrote to myself last week, tonight the folk in
Henderson and LV will have an excellent view of the International Space
Station at 5:51p local time in the southwest. It disappears in the NE
only a few minutes later. The reason I'm mentioning it is that tonight
the sun angle should be great for it to appear quite bright.
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.asp?lat=36.175&lng=-115.136&alt=
0&l
oc=Las+Vegas&TZ=PST&satid=25544
Nonny, did you see it?
Yes, a bunch of neighbors gathered on the street in front of the house. A
home across the street blocked the first 15 or so degrees of rise, but the
station/shuttle popped over the roof right on time. It began fairly dim,
but as it rose higher the light was easily as bright as Venus, which was
visible all the time. Once it passed about overhead, it dimmed rapidly as
it entered the earth's shadow. Wow, was it ever cool.
I recall as a youngster being out at a dirt racetrack with my parents,
watching a 1/4 mile race. The race ended and the announcer told everybody
to look upward and slightly to the east- the lights were shut off for a
bit, and there was Sputnik- the first artificial satellite.
What was a bit surprising was just how fast the ISS/Shuttle were moving.
Wow- a couple minutes of visibility at most for us, I'd guess. I had
binoculars, but even with image stabilization, I couldn't make out any
features. Besides, all the neighborhood kids were using them and all I
got was one peek.
Something else that I've seen from Henderson was most likely an Iridium
flash. I was happily laying back last winter in the hot tub one evening,
drink in hand and contemplating great thoughts when there was a
violet/purple flash in the sky right where I was looking. At first, i
just assumed it was just a stroke or hemorrhage, but then I got excited
when I realized it wasn't just my dying brain but something out in space
or at least way up in the sky. Since the drink in hand was my second of
the evening, it took me about 15 seconds to realize it was a reflection of
sunlight off a satellite or solar panels of a satellite. Cool.
It's fun to reflect on the changes we've seen in our lifetime. . . things
like Sputnik to the ISS, Constellation tri-tail and DC-3 typical passenger
craft to the 747 and A380. That's nothing compared to what my father
experienced. He was born 1902, and that took his lifespan from the
beginning of controlled flight at Kitty Hawk all the way to sitting in
front of a TV watching men walk on the moon. He literally went from horse
and buggy to the Interstate highway system and kerosene lights to
television. Sadly, he missed out on some really cool things like GPS,
computers, flat screen monitors and the Internet. He would have liked it
all.
--
Nonnymus-
Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.
-Mark Twain
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Borked Psuedo Mailed
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:54 am Post subject: Re: Event tonigh |
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Walt wrote:
| Quote: | The space station did not pass over Vegas yesterday. You were looking
at Jupiter.
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In PinkPiggy's mind, it WAS the ISS.
Never mistake fact with something Big Mikey says. |
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