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Monday, 10 October 2011

ISS pass - hope you see it!

The best flyover of the ISS in the next week or so will be on the 19th Oct.


look out for it at 20:59:08 in the WSW. It will climb quite high in the sky and get very bright, until it is the brightest star-like object in the sky. Unlike a star, it will be flying eastwards (it is actually passing directly over the English Channel), and it will be visible fromYork for about three minutes.

19 Oct-3.120:59:0810WSW21:02:1046SSE21:05:1410E

source: heavens-above website, link on the right
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