Weather permitting, the International Space Station will be making some nice visible evening passes across Santa Barbara’s skies over the next three days. Its orbit may change, and I’ve only listed the best evening events. To get the latest and most complete predictions, visit Heavens Above.
On Saturday, March 28, the station will make its best and brightest pass of this short sequence, starting at 8:42 PM PDT in the NW in Andromeda, passing close to bright Mirfak in Perseus, then Capella in Auriga, skim the heads of Gemini, and fade into the Earth’s shadow as it nears the Moon in the SE at 8:46 PM.
On Sunday, nearly as bright, it will appear at 7:55 PM in the NW in Cassiopeia, cruise above Polaris through dim Camelopardalis, then past the pointer stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper, and through the tail of Leo to set in the ESE at 8:01 PM.
Monday’s pass will rise at 8:45 PM in Aries in the WNW, go through the hooves of Taurus, then below Orion’s feet through Lepus, and into the legs of Canis Major, setting at 8:49 PM in the S.
The final pass on Tuesday will start at 7:58 PM in the WNW on a similar, but higher path, skimming just beneath Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak, the belt stars of Orion, and by bright Sirius in Canis Major, ending in the SSE at 8:04 PM.
The ISS will then transition into the dawn sky until the first week in May.
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