[SGVLUG] OT: ISS and Iridium flare tonight in Pasadena

[Claude Felizardo]

A few people expressed interest last time so here's some info on
another viewing of the International Space Station tonight, 8/18/2006.

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There is another ISS pass Friday night.....beginning 8:02 p.m.,
reaches 10 degrees of altitude at 8:04, reaches maximum altitude -
highest point is a whopping 83 degrees (90 degrees is straight
overhead)  at 8:07,  then drops below 10 degrees above the horizon at
8:10 p.m. That's a nice long pass.

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Here's a link to heaven-above with Pasadena selected:
http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?Loc=Pasadena&Lat=34.148&Lng=-118.144&Alt=245&TZ=PST

there's also an iridium flare about 7:55 pm, magnitude -9.  yes,
that's minus 9 so it will be very bright if you can get to the center
otherwise it's only -0 in Pasadena and a +1 in Monrovia.  guess you
have to go about 20 miles west.

for comparison at their brightest, the moon can be -12, Venus -4,
Sirius -1.5 and +3 for faintest star in urban neighborhoods.