Endeavour has undocked and begun her journey back to Earth. The International Space Station, Endeavour, and the Jules Verne cargo ship should be visible tonight over Camden on this schedule:
ISS:
Visible for 4 minutes beginning at 8:02pm approaching from 10 degrees above the southern horizon reaching a maximum elevation of 16 degrees as it departs to 10 degrees to the East.
Endeavour:
The information for the Endeavour orbiter is the same as the Space Station other than the maximum elevation will be 17 degrees above the horizon.
Jules Verne ATV:
Visible for 2 minutes at 9:32pm approaching from 10 degrees above the western horizon reaching a maximum elevation of 23 degrees and departing to 23 degrees above the West-Northwest horizon.
Look for a bright light, actually 2 bright lights, at 8:02pm as Endeavour should be trailing the International Space Station. They will be traveling 17,500 mph so there is no chance of mistaking them for stars.
The skies here in Huntsville are very clear so visibility should be really good.
[update] The ISS flew over right on time with the Endeavour orbiter following behind and they were very visible until they got overhead and turned off to the Northwest. I check the overflight schedule for my area often and here is the link to tracking it in your area:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html
Over on the left choose your state and then the closest city. These sighting times are very accurate.
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