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From the OC Register Science Dude.
Week of space station sightings starts tonight
February 1st, 2009, 1:50 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor
The International Space Station will be visible each of the next six nights, including a rare six minute pass over on Wednesday, NASA says. The first of the sightings begins at 6:38 p.m tonight (Sunday) and will last for two minutes. You’ll first see the station 10 degrees above the north-northwest. It’ll be traveling north.
Here’s the rest of the sightings:
Monday: 2 minute fly over, startng at 7:06 p.m. Look 10 degrees above the northwest.
Tuesday: 5 minute fly over, starting at 5:58 p.m. Look 10 degrees above the north-northwest.
Wednesday: 6 minute fly over, starting at 6:26 p.m. Look 10 degrees above the northwest.
Thursday: 1 minute fly over, starting at 6:57 p.m. Look 12 degrees above the southwest.
Friday: 3 minute fly over, starting at 5:50 p.m. Look 42 degrees above the west-southwest.