Weather permitting, the International Space Station will be making some visible evening passes across Santa Barbara’s skies during the next week. Its orbit may change, and as usual, I’ve only listed the best evening events. To get the latest and most complete predictions, visit Heavens Above.
On Friday, January 9, the ISS will make a bright but short pass from SW to SSW, starting at 6:51 PM PST by Fomalhaut, the mouth of Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, going above Deneb Kaitos, the tail of Cetus, and then vanishing into our shadow while 52 degrees high at 6:53 PM.
Saturday’s pass will also be bright, rising at 6:03 PM in the SSW, from below Fomalhaut through Sculptor, along Eridanus, the River, then between Orion and Taurus, and disappearing in the feet of Gemini in the E just before reaching bright Jupiter, at 6:08 PM.
On Sunday, the station will appear in the WSW at 6:53 PM, go from Aquarius, past Enif, the nose of Pegasus, by Deneb, the tail of Cygnus, and into the Earth’s shadow in Cepheus at 6:56 PM in the NNW.
Monday’s pass will be the brightest, starting at 6:05 PM in the WSW in Capricornus, then through Aquarius and by Enif, to between Cassiopeia and Cepheus, then trailing off into dim Camelopardalis and Lynx in the NE at 6:10 PM.
Tuesday will have a low, short pass from the WNW in Delphinus at 6:55 PM, through the neck of Cygnus, and fading out in Draco at 6:58 PM in the NNW.
On Wednesday, the ISS will follow a longer version of Tuesday’s trajectory, from W to NNE, starting at 6:07 PM, continuing past the end of the bowl of the Little Dipper to the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper, ending at 6:12 PM.
The ISS will return to our evening skies near the end of the month.
Dude, you left off the end parting…
“Hasta nebula,
Chuck”
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Thank you SIR!