Space Weather News for 18 May 2008
http://spaceweather.com
ISS MARATHON: The 2008 "ISS Marathon"
gets underway this week
when the
International Space Station spends
three days (May 21-23) in
almost-constant sunlight. Sky watchers
in Europe and North America can see the
bright spaceship gliding overhead two to
four times each night. The ISS
is as bright as Venus or Jupiter, so even
people in light-polluted
cities can see it. Please use our new
and improved simple Satellite
Tracker to find out when to look:
http://spaceweather.com/flybys
SPACE STATION MOVIE: Today's edition of
spaceweather.com features a
must-see movie of the International Space
Station flying over Germany on
May 12th. Although it looks like footage
from a satellite or
high-powered telescope, the movie was made
by an amateur astronomer using a
backyard 5-inch refractor. As a result of
ongoing construction (every
shuttle flight in recent months has added
a new piece to the ISS), the space
station is now a wide and easy target
for amateur-class telescopes.
Catch the show at http://spaceweather.com.
Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society
