Observing Satellites & Iridium Flares

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Super bright ISS flyby tonite visible in SG. 7.56pm - 8.00pm. From SW to NE. Clear skies please! http://goo.gl/0JT6h

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Dragon chasing ISS

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Weather permitting, SpaceX's Dragon playing catching with ISS over SG skies tomorrow early morning shortly before 6 am!

If lucky and really clear skies, might even catch both in the sky at the same time.

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Thanks Gary for alerting us. The skies was pretty clear this morning. Will be great if it is the same tomorrow morning.
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Dragon is captured! So looks like no individual Dragon flyby but Dragon + ISS together!

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Brighter-than-Jupiter ISS flyby visible over SG tonite! NorthWest-SouthEast. 8:22pm -8:29pm. Max 61° altitude at 8:26pm.

http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetail ... 569&type=V
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Brighter-than-Jupiter ISS flyby near Jupiter tonight! Visible in SG. 7:32pm-7:39pm. Max 44° altitude 7:36pm. NNW to SE.

http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetail ... 421&type=V

ISS very near to Double Cluster tonite! At about 19:35:06. Aim ur telescope there n see ISS fly across ur scope view!

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ISS flyby very near Jupiter tonite at abt 19:36:10 SG time. Less than 2 arc degree. Will fit into same telescope view!

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Satellite Ariane flyby tonite. 8:08pm-8:13pm. W-ENE. Max 67° @ 8:12pm. Near Jupiter Pleiades. Point bino/scope at them!

http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetail ... 8.50849125

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Satellite flyby tonite. Even closer to Pleiades n Jupiter. 7:58pm-8:02pm. Point bino/scope at them and try to spot it.

http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetail ... 5009463657
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*TWO* ISS flyby tonight separated by only 1.5 hrs. Visible in SG but will be low. 2nd one very low and more challenging.

First flyby: http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetail ... 4904531713

Second flyby: http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetail ... 5566023843
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ISS flyby tonight. 7:38pm-7:45pm. SW-NE. Near Jupiter and Aldebaran. Almost right across Capella. Bright and high!

http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetail ... 4873640972
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