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The International Space Station (ISS) is a manned research space facility that is being assembled in orbit around the Earth.

It's orbit is about 220 miles above the Earth. It is easily visible when it passes overhead a just before sunrise or just after sunset.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station

Contents

Sighting opportunities

http://esa.heavens-above.com/esa/iss_step1.asp

http://esa.heavens-above.com/esa/iss_step1_3.asp?CountryID=US

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States

Journal

December 14, 2006

Used the sky chart from ESA. I was a little late picking up the station but it followed the track on the chart and disappeared right one time. A nice sighting, low along the southern sky.

December 09, 2006

Very nice sighting this morning. Appeared low in the Southwest at 5:48am, moving toward the south behind low clouds.

December 08, 2006

I missed seeing the station this morning (5:24am) but did see another meteorite, trajectory straight down, to the west of my location.

December 06, 2006

Very pretty this morning. Rose in the NW at 6:12am close to the almost full moon. Crossed almost right overhead.

December 05, 2006

Great transit this morning starting at 5:48am reaching a max elevation of 32 degrees. Also saw two meteorites; very fast moving straight down towards and near the northern horizon.

links

List of meteor showers