International Space Station - Good sighting opportunity t'night

Jdub thought this was worth mentioning said Mon, Jun 2nd 2014 at 11:31am ET

ISS Detector is a pretty cool App if you are into this kind of thing.

Better-than-usual ISS fly over tonight - brighter and long duration viewing length. Start time - 9:37:05
Start direction - 208° (SSW)
Start Elevation: 0° (gonna take a few minutes to get high enough above the horizon to see)
End direction: 57° (ENE)
End Elevation: 66.9° (90° is straight up)
Visible pass duration: 00:06:26
Even though it's 267 miles up, it's easy to pick out as it moves across the sky (at 4.75 mi/sec, btw)

Disclaimer: This info applies to those of us in Dallas! Heads towards St. Louis, so probably visible there as well but you should check your own App!

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JerseyFrank said Mon, Jun 2nd 2014 at 1:42pm ET:

I used this app for a while. It's pretty cool to point it out to friends & family when the opportunity arises.

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Kevin said Mon, Jun 2nd 2014 at 11:36pm ET:

Thanks for the heads up. I got to see it up in salem MA. It was really interesting because I think I saw it at the apex, and noticed it curve a bit.

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