Space and the universe... [interests, sightings and events]

[TeeEye7]

I watched the ISS in transit the other night. A pretty cool sight!

It is a cool sight! Twice, now, I've seen the ISS and Shuttle chasing/following it when it's brought new supplies and crew. Very cool! (Not to mention very fast, too!).

[Bel-Cam Jos]

Though I heard recently they were having a communication malfunction.

A communications malfunction can only mean one thing: Martian invasion.

[CaptainSolo1138]

It is a cool sight! Twice, now, I've seen the ISS and Shuttle chasing/following it when it's brought new supplies and crew. Very cool! (Not to mention very fast, too!).

I saw it Sunday night, and Monday was supposed to be even brighter due to the shuttle being docked. But, go figure, it was cloudy the next few nights.

[TeeEye7]

For my fellow SoCal-ers:

The Space Shuttle will be visible tonight, traveling from the north to the southeast around 8:20pm to 8:25pm, plus or minus. It will be about 36 degrees above the horizon. I would recommend going out about 10 minutes earlier than that to get your eyeballs acclimated to the dusk.

I live about 100 miles north of LA....so from JT to Tycho....the rest of SoCal should be able to see it, too. Just look for the bright, fast-moving "star" in the sky!

[Bel-Cam Jos]

For my fellow SoCal-ers:

The Space Shuttle will be visible tonight, traveling from the north to the southeast around 8:20pm to 8:25pm, plus or minus. It will be about 36 degrees above the horizon. I would recommend going out about 10 minutes earlier than that to get your eyeballs acclimated to the dusk.

I live about 100 miles north of LA....so from JT to Tycho....the rest of SoCal should be able to see it, too. Just look for the bright, fast-moving "star" in the sky!

Do we get a refund for the plague of light pollution 'round here? I'll try and remember it; I will be outdoors as a human guard/ticket taker at my HS's graduation ceremony at the school football stadium, and it should still going on by then.

[TeeEye7]

Again for our menagerie of So Cal-ers:

The Shuttle will again be visible in the southwestern skies this time, from 8:43pm to 8:49pm tonight (June 10) in my area; and depending on atmospheric conditions in your area.

[TeeEye7]

Well.....even though they're really bad, here's some shaky, blurry clicks of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle (the thin little squiggly line) with the moon (the fat blob) as a bonus as it went by last night over my little town.

It's a hand-held effort, and a tripod would have done little, too. Anyway, it's always cool to see my tax dollar whizzing overhead at 17,500 miles per hour!

[Bel-Cam Jos]

Sorry. In my duties as ticket taker/ripper in half, I forgot to look up, as I was dealing with such gems as those below:

"What do you mean I can't get on the field?"
"This is f***ing stupid."
"I came all the way from [some far away location] and I can't get in without a ticket?"
"Can't you let me in?"
"I just want to take a picture."
"This is bulls***."
"If I offer you 20 cents, would you open the gate?" [this was an actual question to me, but was in jest]
"No, those are south side tickets; this is the north side."
"Any extra tickets?"

I'll try to remember to head outside tonight, tonight.

[TeeEye7]

Unfortunately, it's trajectory won't take it over our area tonight.

Re: graduation.....your clientèle sounded like prime subjects for Force Lightning!

[Bel-Cam Jos]

All I did yesterday was confuse my neighbors by looking up at the sky over an hour or so. And enjoy the coolness of a day that was hot and an evening that was quite comfortable. Thanks for feeding me false science/technology information, TI, and allowing me to relax and enjoy nature instead.

And, no, I think the "can have an effect on the weakminded" line is better than Force lightning. In polite manners, I did the "move along, move along" thing (wait, does that make me the weak one? ) throughout the line.