Tuesday, May 20 at 10:18pmThis overpass should be very visible if the nighttime skies are clear. There are other opportunities for the next few days and I will be adding some later.
visible for 3 minutes
maximum elevation 45 degrees above the horizon
approaching from 10 degrees above WSW
departing 43 degrees above NNW
Pick out the correct compass orientation and look for a very bright light moving through the sky. The ISS is approximately 230 miles up and travels at 17,500mph so it is not like looking at a passing airplane.
[update] Interestingly the ISS is viewable at my house at exactly the same time (although Central time), but it will be almost directly overhead. The space station travels in a continually changing elliptical orbit so the directions here will be different from the Columbia directions. Here in a couple of days I'll post a screenshot of just how the orbit looks.
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