by Robert Wilkinson
I posted this a while back when I was watching the space station pass overhead, and it’s spectacular if you haven’t seen it. I found the link to when it will pass overhead anywhere in the world, how high it is in the sky, and what directions it will come from and leave, via NASA.
This site is a great resource to bookmark, since it tells you when it is in your neighborhood doing a flyby anywhere on Earth. Check it out, since the station really is spectacular, moving very fast as a very bright object in the night sky for anywhere from 1-4 minutes.
For your enjoyment, here's The Time the Space Station Will Pass Overhead Around the World.
Here are some sample times for the next few days across North America:
Riverhead, NY - Sun Jun 22, 8:56 PM, 4 min, 54 degrees high, enters 32 above WNW, leaves SE. Also Tue Jun 24, 8:54 PM, 4 min, 19 d. high, enters 13 above W leaves S.
Toronto, Canada - Sat Jun 21 (TONIGHT!), 9:44 PM, 4 min, 38 d. high, enters enters 24 above W, leaves SSE. Also Mon Jun 23, 9:41 PM, 4 min, 15 d. high, enters 15 d. high, enters 15 above W, leaves SSW.
Houston, TX - Sun Jun 22, 9:30 PM, 4 min., 30 d. high, enters 16 above NNW, leaves E. Also Tue Jun 24, 9:30 PM, 3 min., 70 d. high, enters 36 above WNW, leaves SSE.
Albuquerque, NM - Mon Jun 23, 9:16 PM, 4 min, 61 d. high, enters 34 above WNW, leaves SSE. Also Wed Jun 25, 9:14 PM, 4 min., 18 d. high, enters 13 above west, leaves S.
Tucson, AZ - Sun Jun 22, 9:05 PM, 2 min., 73 d. high, enters 26 above NNW, leaves SSE. Also Mon Jun 23, 8:16 pm, 4 min., 51 d. high, enters 28 above NNW, leaves ESE. Also Wed Jun 25, 8:14 PM, 4 min., 40 d. high, enters 29 above W, leaves SSE.
Santa Monica, CA - Sun Jun 22, 9:03 PM, 4 min., 58 d. high, enters 28 above NNW, leaves ESE. Also Tue Jun 24, 9:02 PM, 4 min., 37 d. high, enters 28 above W, leaves SSE.
San Francisco, CA - Sun Jun 22, 9:02 PM, 4 min., 70 d. high, enters 44 above NNW, leaves ESE. Also Tue Jun 24, 9:00 PM, 4 min., 35 d. high, enters 27 above W, leaves SSE.
There are no sightings through July 5 in the Pacific Northwest, nor anywhere in the UK, Germany, or Scandanavia.
For a few other parts of the world:
For Johannesburg, South Africa - Mon Jun 30, 5:54 AM, 4 min., 37 d. high, enters 14 above SSW, leaves E. Also, Wed Jul 2, 5:55 AM, 5 min., 48 d. high, enters 25 above WSW, leaves NNE.
New Delhi, India - Mon Jun 23, 8:23 PM, 4 min., 29 d. high, enters 13 above NNW, leaves E. Also Wed Jun 25, 8:22 pm, 3 min, 71 d. high, enters 36 above WNW, leaves SSE.
Trivandrum, India - Mon Jun 30, 7:36 PM, 4 min., 75 d. high, enters 29 above NW, leaves SSE. Also, Wed Jul 2, 7:36 PM, 3 min., 14 d. high, enters 13 above WSW, leaves SSW.
Jakarta, Indonesia - Tue Jul 1, 6:48 PM, 3 min., 21 d. high, enters 11 above N, leaves ENE. Also, Thu Jul 3, 6:48 PM, 3 min., 65 d. high, enters 30 above NNW, leaves SSE. Also, Sat Jul 5, 5:30 AM, 6 min., 70 d. high, enters 11 above SW, leaves NNE.
Perth, Australia - Sun Jun 29, 6:29 AM, 4 min., 77 d. high, enters 13 above SW, leaves ENE. Also, Tue Jul 1, 6:29 AM, 5 min., 27 d. high, enters 15 above W, leaves N. Also, Wed Jul 2, 5:43 AM, 3 min., 52 d. high, enters 52 above NNW, leaves NNE.
Melbourne, Oz - Mon Jun 23, 7:00 AM, 5 min., 18 d. high, enters 10 above SSW, leaves ESE. Also, Wed Jun 25, 6:58 AM, 4 min., 36 d. high, enters 10 above SW, leaves ESE. Also, Fri Jun 27, 6:57 AM, 5 min., 79 d. high, enters 10 above SW, leaves NE. (There are a lot of sighting times in the early morning through July 2, so check them out!)
There are plenty of other places the ISS will be visible, so please go to the site and check it out. I saw the ISS pass close overhead a while back in NM, and it’s spectacular! The times are exact when it comes to its appearance and subsidence, so you’ll get at most 3-5 minutes, but they will be fairly dramatic when it is passing at a high angle overhead. Anything over about 30 degrees high will be really great. Hopefully, there won’t be clouds where you are when it’s happening….)
© Copyright 2014 Robert Wilkinson
We watch this all the time. Debbie gets a notice on her iPhone with the exact time and direction. It's accurate to the minute each time. Great to watch and realize there are people out there. Part of the human race!
Posted by: Vince | June 29, 2014 at 06:42 AM