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Todd
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 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:30 am Post subject: Great Sighting Tonight! |
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We saw the Space Shuttle and the Space Station as it was flying over Cookeville! It wavery cool, and the kids were vere excited to see it (so was I)!
On December 20, 2006 it can be seen over Tennessee again. For Cookeville it can be seen for 4 minutes starting at 5:21pm (local time).
For sighting times near other cities in Tennessee you can check the following link.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/region.cgi?country=United_States®ion=Tennessee
This is what you are seeing as it orbits above Tennessee.
To check for Florida try this link
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/region.cgi?country=United_States®ion=Florida
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Cool.
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Todd
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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1sTimeStar,
for Alaska dates and times check the following link. It looks like there are several sighting dates coming up depending on where in the state you are.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/region.cgi?country=United_States®ion=Alaska
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Todd
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil wrote: | | What is it that you see? |
It looks like a VERY bright star traversing the sky. It's the brightest object in the sky and traveling at a pretty quick pace. It only takes 4 minutes to go from horizon to horizon. Last night it only took 3 minutes. For Cookeville viewers it will be coming from the West/Northwest.
Todd
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Should be coming through here about the same time then (Oak Ridge). Hopefully it'll be dark enough and the clouds won't be an issue.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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pilothawk it will be dark enough, clouds may be an issue.
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Todd, did you get to see it? Cloud cover was a problem here. They were solid about 10000 feet. Besides that I was looking for the thing at 520 est and not 520 cst......doh. I'm only about 30 miles east of the time zone change.
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Looks like I am too much "on top of the world" and no sightings are available.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| pilothawk wrote: | | Todd, did you get to see it? |
No it was to cloudy here as well. Or at least I thought. My daughter was at her grandmothers on the other side of town and they said they saw it through a break in the clouds, but for less than a minute.
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I let my 11 year old stay up to watch the event last night. It was "far out" to see the ISS, shuttle and Venus in the same patch of sky at the same time. It doesn't happen very often so I let him stay up a ittle late for it.
The weather was perfect and there wasn't much moon. I'd would rate it about an 8 or 9 on the that's cool scale!
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Todd
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Shuttle is up again, and will visible in Tennessee starting August 15th.
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