[Scico-list] Space Shuttle and ISS viewing next two nights!

[Peter J Modreski]

Dear educators,

I wanted to pass this on for those interested; hopefully you still may 
read this in time to look in the sky tonight if you care to.  After the 
Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-120, was launched this morning, it will be 
visible as it passes over the Front Range area this evening.  And just 
before it (12 minutes preceding it, to be precise) the International Space 
Station will also fly over.  These will be at 6:53 and 7:05 p.m. 
respectively, mountain daylight time.  The exact times are below, courtesy 
of heavens-above.com.  If you live notably elsewhere in the state or 
beyond, you can go to heavens-above.com to get exact information for you 
own area.  And tomorrow, as this table shows, the two should be in orbit 
very close together, if they have not already docked; but they will be 
brighter and more nearly overhead, tonight.


International Space Station (ISS)
Date
Mag 
Starts
Max. Altitude 
Ends
Time
Alt. 
Az. 
Time
Alt. 
Az. 
Time
Alt. 
Az. 
23 Oct
-2.1
18:53:02
10
WNW
18:55:52
69
SW 
18:58:43
10
SE 
24 Oct
0.4
19:16:26
10
W 
19:18:33
19
SW 
19:20:42
10
S 
26 Oct
0.6
18:26:57
10
W 
18:29:07
20
SW 
18:31:17
10
S 


Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120
Date
Mag 
Starts
Max. Altitude 
Ends
Time
Alt. 
Az. 
Time
Alt. 
Az. 
Time
Alt. 
Az. 
23 Oct
-0.5
19:05:07
10
WNW
19:07:46
47
SW 
19:10:24
10
SE 
24 Oct
1.4
19:16:30
10
W 
19:18:28
18
SW 
19:20:25
10
S 


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Peter J. Modreski
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Central Region Office of Communications
Public Relations and Educational Outreach
tel. 303-202-4766, fax 303-202-4767
email pmodreski at usgs.gov
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