Comments on: Watch the skies for the Shuttle and ISS

By: Montegraphia « Discovery launch

Montegraphia « Discovery launch — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:59:57 +0000

[...] Discovery launch One of the last few take-offs of the shuttle Discovery, caught on an iPhone camera, courtesy of Evan Noel (Allison’s little cousin). The shuttle was destined for the International Space Station, both of which can be seen in the night sky (Bad Astronomy). [...]

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:59:05 +0000

My girlfriend’s little cousin caught the Discovery launch on his iPhone! – http://www.montegraphia.com/archives/2849

By: Gus Snarp

Gus Snarp — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:49:20 +0000

Saw them together this morning while walking the dog. I agree with FreeSpeaker, it was brighter than venus.

By: Pulse on Techs » Space Station crosses the dark side of Moon! | Bad Astronomy

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:03:50 +0000

[...] And don’t forget that right now Discovery is docked to ISS. Check for them in your night sky! [...]

By: FreeSpeaker

FreeSpeaker — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:49:50 +0000

Caught the Shuttle going up, pre MECO, when it passed Long Island Monday. Saw the chase yesterday. Phil, you will see that the ISS has outshone Venus. I saw a “fly-by” a year or so ago, and the ISS was clearly brighter.

By: Sri

Sri — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:31:06 +0000

Didn’t see this mentioned: Part one of NOVA’s “Hunting the Edge of Space” started on the 6th:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/telescope/

Made for HD

By: drksky

drksky — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:29:09 +0000

I wrote a humorous piece last year when I captured ISS grazing Ursa Major one evening. I try to do some kind of capture whenever there's favorable apparitions. Early mornings, however, are right out for me.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:41:19 +0000

There are a couple of good websites I use to find ISS sighting times. If i’m using my phone I just google “ISS Sighting” and the first page that comes up is a fairly simple text based site where you can select your state and city and get the overflight times. If I’m on my computer I go to: http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=25544&tz=GMT-05:00 which tracks your position based on your IP address so those of you in China on a proxy server might get weird times!

By: DennyMo

DennyMo — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:25:09 +0000

I took my then 4- and 6-year-old sons out to watch the shuttle chase the ISS a couple years ago, they were jazzed. Weather permitting, I’ll use Friday morning’s pass as motivation to get them up in the morning. (They also got excited about seeing Mercury last week, thanks for the heads-up, Phil. I know your anti-science rants are important, but I really enjoy your astronomy posts a lot more…)

By: mandydax

mandydax — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:54:49 +0000

Effing clouds. >:(