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87sooner
8/13/2011, 09:51 PM
just watched the international space station traverse the oklahoma sky...
pretty cool...
it was brighter than the brightest star...

here's a link to your location and the schedule for the next couple nights..

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States
OUHOMER
8/13/2011, 10:11 PM
Cool, Do i assume its moving across the sky, or is it stationary?

not that i have a clue where to look
87sooner
8/13/2011, 10:16 PM
it's moving...southwest to northeast..
it was visible for 6 minutes tonite almost directly above...
check the schedule...it tells you where it enters/exits
the-rover
8/13/2011, 11:06 PM
Very cool to see...a few years ago, I checked the schedule, and the shuttle had just departed the station a few hours before the scheduled time to view. It looked like one was chasing the other. Amazing thing to watch
Chuck Bao
8/14/2011, 12:36 AM
That is the coolest thing ever.

I have never seen it and I want to now.

I remember when the iss was completed and the TV commentators were saying that mankind had established a permanent foothold outside the planet.

That is a pretty cool thing if it is true and I want to see our tiny, little foothold.
diverdog
8/14/2011, 06:16 AM
just watched the international space station traverse the oklahoma sky...
pretty cool...
it was brighter than the brightest star...

here's a link to your location and the schedule for the next couple nights..

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

My parents were on top of Mount Cadillac in Maine and got to see the Shuttle and ISS together. They had a set of very good binoculars and my dad said you could see both of them as they passed over.

Your sighting in Oklahoma is cool.
pphilfran
8/14/2011, 06:23 AM
Thanks for the link...I will be looking for it...
OUHOMER
8/14/2011, 07:29 AM
cool i will be watching tonight
87sooner
8/14/2011, 07:43 AM
looks like tonight will be a short appearance...1-2 minutes..and low on the horizon
tomorrow night will be 6 minutes...and higher
1890MilesToNorman
8/14/2011, 08:37 AM
I watched it one night a few years ago when a shuttle was docked with it, it is very cool. Lasted a little over 3 minutes.
StoopTroup
8/14/2011, 07:05 PM
The First time I saw it we were out camping outside of the city where the ground reflection of city light was minimum and it was really wild to see it moving across the sky like that. You can see lots of stuff when you are out in remote places. The stars and sky are the best TV on Earth IMO.
87sooner
8/15/2011, 08:05 PM
don't forget...
the show lasts 6 minutes tonite....
that's 3x as long for some of you;)
OUHOMER
8/15/2011, 09:24 PM
Well, thats was cool, Wife thinks it was a high fast fly airplane,
pphilfran
8/15/2011, 10:07 PM
Damn clouds...couldn't see chit....
sooner ngintunr
8/15/2011, 10:13 PM
Checked it last night @ 8:41. Bright as heck. Moves super fast!! Next good one is the 26th.
salth2o
8/15/2011, 11:24 PM
www.heavens-above.com is another great website to track ISS view opportunities. The thing I like about this site as opposed to the NASA site is they list the magnitude for the passover and there is a view of the ground track during the pass, centred on your location. The lower the magnitude, the brighter the show. Tomorrow is a magnitude -1.3 and thus should be good.

http://www.heavens-above.com/PassGTrackLargeGraphic.aspx?lat=29.999&lng=-95.262&TZ=CST&loc=Humble&satid=25544&date=55790.056703588
the-rover
9/9/2011, 02:55 AM
Had to go back a ways to dig up this thread, but if there is anyone interested........ this morning, about an hour before sunrise, the planet Mercury will be rising withe the star Regulus.

It wont be as cool as watching the ISS, but if you have never seen Mercury before, here's a good opportunity, as it appears it will be a clear morning in Eastern Oklahoma.

Here's a link with more details.....

http://earthsky.org/tonight/mercury-regulus-pair-up-before-sunrise-september-9