Web site helps you spot space station
July 4, 2006 by Mike Wendland
During the first week of July, the International Space Station will make a series of bright evening passes over the United States.
Click on the link or copy/paste http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/
Under “sighting opportunities” click on “go to country”, find your state, then find city nearest you. You will be given times and positions in degrees above the horizon for viewing the ISS.
Reader Micky T says “one fist equals about five degrees…counting from the horizon holding your arm straight out in front of you and using your fist you should be very close to position of ISS to view.”
Thanks… very cool. We can see this with the naked eye? Right?
Only near sunrise or sunset, when you’re in the dark but the station is lit. The sunlight reflects off of the station’s solar panels, making for the appearance of a bright moving star. It winks out - totally disappears - as it crosses the terminator into dark.