Skywatchers across the continental United States will get a fine opportunity this weekend to watch as the space shuttle Atlantis — on its final scheduled mission into space — chases and ultimately docks with the International Space Station (ISS).
Both the shuttle and space station will be visible as separate entities, each appearing as bright "stars" sailing across the evening twilight sky on Friday and Saturday. By Sunday evening, Atlantis will be docked to the ISS, and both will appear as a single bright moving "star."
More: ISS+Shuttle (http://www.space.com/spacewatch/last-chance-to-spot-shuttle-atlantis-100512.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+spaceheadlines+(SPACE.com+Headline+Feed))
Looks like an opportunity at DSC :)
Nothing on Heavens Above yet though :-?
Quote from: mickw
Nothing on Heavens Above yet though :-?
Correct - no visible passes for us in the UK.
DOH !
:(
Well Image Pluto instead, thats possible at the moment, and Mars, Saturn and Venus.....
QuoteCorrect - no visible passes for us in the UK.
???
Heavens above lists these passes.....
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Search period start: 00:00 Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
Search period end: 00:00 Saturday, 22 May, 2010
Observer's location: Tuesnoad, 51.1490°N, 0.7240°E
Local time zone: British Summer Time (UTC + 1:00)
Orbit: 341 x 354 km, 51.6° (Epoch May 12)
Click on the date to get a star chart and other pass details.
Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
12 May -0.9 22:21:32 10 WSW 22:23:03 13 SW 22:23:51 12 SSW
13 May -1.8 21:10:24 10 W 21:12:58 27 SSW 21:15:31 10 SSE
14 May -0.7 21:36:03 10 WSW 21:37:26 13 SW 21:38:48 10 SSW
ok they are early evening but might be visible.
The one on Thursday 13 you might spot but it is lowish in the sky. It's not much of a photo opportunity because of it's distance away from us.
The DSC one on Friday reaches only 13 degrees height - you'll be lucky to see it at all.
Quote from: MarkS on May 12, 2010, 19:25:44
The DSC one on Friday reaches only 13 degrees height - you'll be lucky to see it at all.
But I bet you'll be posting your images of the ISS and have Atlantis in the same frame on here on Saturday morning. ;)
Tony G