Transcript ISS Sighting Opportunities

Space News Update
- January 13, 2011 In the News
Story 1:
Astronomers Describe New Class of Planetary System
Story 2:
Clues to Supernova Origin Announced
Story 3:
Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Space Calendar
NASA-TV Highlights
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week
Astronomers Describe New Class of Planetary
System
Clues to Supernova Origin Announced
Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver
The Night Sky
Friday, January 13
· Before and during dawn Saturday morning,
Mars shines above the waning Moon, as shown
at right.
Saturday, January 14
· The tight telescopic double star Gamma (γ)
Virginis shines above the waning Moon before
and during dawn Sunday morning, as shown at
right. Brighter Mars glows to the star's right.
The Night Sky
Sunday, January 15
· The sky's biggest asterism (informal star
pattern) is the Winter Hexagon or Winter Circle.
It fills the sky toward the east and south these
evenings. Start with brilliant Sirius at its bottom.
Going clockwise from there, march through
Procyon, Pollux and Castor, Capella high up,
Aldebaran over to Capella's right, down to
Rigel, and back to Sirius.
· Last-quarter Moon late tonight (exact at 4:08
a.m. on the 16th EST). The Moon rises around
midnight local time tonight, with Spica a little
above it and Saturn farther to its left.
Monday, January 16
· How well do you know the telescopic sights of
Orion's Belt and Sword, really? Make new finds
with Sue French's Deep-Sky Wonders article
and chart in the January Sky & Telescope, page
54.
For Denver: No ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS Sighting Opportunities
For Denver:
SATELLITE
LOCAL
DURATION
DATE/TIME
(MIN)
MAX
ELEV
(DEG)
APPROACH DEPARTURE
(DEG-DIR)
(DEG-DIR)
ISS
Sat Jan 14/06:18 AM
3
33
10 above SSW
33 above SE
ISS
Sun Jan 15/05:23 AM
2
15
11 above SSE
15 above SE
ISS
Mon Jan 16/06:00 AM
6
72
13 above SW
10 above NE
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights
(all times Eastern Daylight Time)
No changes to normal daily programming
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website
Johann Gottfried
Wilhelm
Beer
Galle
Space Calendar
Jan 13 - [Jan 12] Feng Yun 2F CZ-3A Launch
Jan 13 - Mercury Passes 4.5 Degrees From Pluto
Jan 13 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 0845-00718-1 (10.1 Magnitude Star)
Jan 13 - [Jan 05] Asteroid 2012 AZ Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 21619 Johnhopkins Closest Approach To Earth (1.136 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 3173 McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (1.685 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 6136 Gryphon Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (3.497 AU)
Jan 14 - [Jan 11] Comet 255P/Levy Perihelion (1.007 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 2005 BU Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 2011 YA Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 10797 Guatemala Closest Approach To Earth (1.214 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.725 AU)
Jan 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 20000 Varuna At Opposition (42.618 AU)
Jan 14 - Wilhelm Beer's 215th Birthday (1797)
Jan 14-23 - Globe at Night
Jan 15 - [Jan 08] Phobos-Grunt Reenters Earth's Atmosphere
Jan 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #306 (OTM-306)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 2011 YH40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.459 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.710 AU)
Wilhelm Beer
Food for Thought
New App Grabs Latest Mars Rover Opportunity Images for You
Space Image of the Week
Mapping Dark Matter in Galaxies
Illustration Credit: ESO