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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Robert Deal on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 4:57 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

You lucky people who happen to be in Bonaire on Saturday, October 27 will have a great chance to see something other than a green flash in the early evening.Starting at 6:37 that evening, there will be a superb oppportunity for a sighting of the International Space Station. It will appear in the NNW about 10 degrees above the horizon, "climbing" to about 60 degrees before exiting at about 10 degrees elevation in the SE. This will take about 6 minutes (pretty good, since most common sightings are about 2 to 4 minutes). It will appear as a very bright, fast moving star, and will pass as close as 280 miles at the closest range. With good binoculars or such, you might be able to see some detail.
Since you should all be gathered with a drink at that time anyway, watching for a green flash, it might be fun to have another reason to raise a glass.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Carole Baker on Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 1:00 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Now that would be an interesting sighting while enjoying a sunset on Bonaire! Wish I could be there to enjoy it. Thanks for the tip, Robert. Carole

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jake Richter - NetTech on Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 4:35 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Thanks for the tip, Robert! We saw it about a year or so ago, and it was quite cool!

Jake

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Daniel Senie on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 3:39 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

For those who'd like to see space station Alpha from other places, check out:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html

NASA has nice programming so you can find sightings wherever you are. Bonaire actually gets relatively few sightings compared to Massachusetts.

Sightings are generally near dawn or dusk when the station will be overhead and illuminated by the sun, but the ground below is already in darkness.

Since the first of the large solar arrays was added, the station is REALLY bright in the sky. I can't wait to see what it looks like when there are 4 sets of those panels!

 


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