Weather permitting, the International Space Station will be making some visible evening passes through Santa Barbara’s skies to start off Spring. Its orbit may change, and I’ve only listed the best events, so to get the latest and most complete predictions, visit Heavens Above.
On Thursday, March 27, the station will appear at 8:50 PM PDT in the NNW in Cassiopeia, pass through her husband, Cepheus, and vanish in our shadow in the bowl of the Little Dipper in the NNE at 8:53 PM.
Friday’s pass will start in the NNW at 8:02 PM, and pass low over our mountains from Cepheus to Draco, pass just beneath Alkaid, the end of the handle of the Big Dipper, and fade out above bright orange Arcturus at 8:06 PM in the ENE.
The best and brightest pass of this sequence will be on Saturday, rising at 8:49 PM in the NW in the feet of Andromeda, climbing through Perseus and past bright yellow Capella in Auriga, then by Castor and Pollux, the heads of Gemini, and disappear in dim Cancer at 8:53 PM in the S.
Another bright ISS pass will occur on Sunday, beginning at 8:01 PM in the NW in Cassiopeia, across dim Camelopardalis, along the pointer stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper, and through the tail of Leo, ending as it approaches Corvus in the ESE at 8:07 PM.
On Monday, the station will show up at 8:49 PM in the WNW, cruising through Aries, below the Moon, through the hooves of Taurus, below the feet of Orion into Lepus, and setting below Sirius in Canis Major at 8:53 PM.
The last good pass of this sequence will be on April 1, starting in the WNW at 8 PM, from Andromeda to below the Moon and then the Hyades, the face of Taurus, along the belt stars of Orion, and above Sirius in the SW at 8:07 PM.
Hasta nebula,
Chuck
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