International Space Station Viewing

The International Space Station (ISS) will be making a visible pass over our area tomorrow night and with a little luck our next weather system will still be far enough away to provide a clear sky for the event. The ISS will just clear the horizon at 7:13:02 PM. It will pass nearly overhead between 7:15 and 7:20 PM. It then goes below the horizon at 7:22:53 PM.

The International Space Station is by far the biggest and brightest hunk of technology circling the planet. Its solar arrays span 240 feet. The main modules are together 146 feet long. It stands as tall as a nine-story building and weighs 412,000 pounds. It Travels around the Earth at 18,000 mph at an average altitude of 240 miles.

Check out the impressive time-lapsed shot that 40/29 Storm Tracker Brian Emfinger captured. About the picture, he said: “The picture was shot using a fisheye lens which allows me to take a picture of the entire sky at once. Oh and the yellow thing on the right is a lightning bug...actually it was the only one I saw and he went nearly right over the camera. The bright line is the space station and the exposure time was 5 minutes."

Posted by Ted Zarras at 6:10 PM