tonight's view of the ISS

[Jane Houston Jones]

Hello Otastro

I know some of you stepped outside and looked up at 8:00 p.m. and were 
hoping you would see the visible pass of the ISS over southern 
California. Whether you did or didn't see it, here is my recap of the event.

At  8:00 p.m. Mojo and I turned our gaze outward :-)  and stepped 
outside. We walked a few yards to where we had a good view of the entire 
sky.   It was not yet dark, but we could see Jupiter and a few brighter 
stars  We kept looking towards Jupiter, and soon Mojo saw a "star" 
moving up from Jupiter to overhead.  8:06:15 is when we first spotted 
the Internatinal Space Station, aka the moving "star". We observed the 
ISS for about 5 minutes , until 8:11:00 before it was below the horizon 
in the NE.

I hope you saw it.  If not, I hope my description was a good alternate 
to the actual view.  Now it is only 9 hours until a gorgeous view of the 
moon, Venus, and maybe Mercury and Saturn are visble in dawn sky.

Jane (who recommends checking the morning planet view at 5:30 a.m.)  is 
now signing off at 8:30 p.m.


-- 
Jane Houston Jones
Monrovia, CA
34.2048N 118.1732W, 637.0 feet
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