Boise, ID - Denver, CO - Bethany, OK (site 3) - Melder, LA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member vulture1957
N 35° 29.485 W 097° 37.737
14S E 624361 N 3928404
Dingo262 (Boise), Pahaska_1 (Denver), Vulture1957 (Bethany) and Sequoia_2 (Melder) viewed the International Space Station as if flew overhead Dec 15, 2017.
Waymark Code: WMXA5Q
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/15/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member 8Nuts MotherGoose
Views: 11

Details for Boise ID - Max azimuth time = 17:40:55 MST. Max azimuth 66°. Magnitude = -3.8 but was cloud covered.
Details for Denver CO - Max azimuth time = 17:43:40 MST. Max azimuth 89°. Magnitude = -3.9.
Details for Bethany OK - Max azimuth time = 18:45:36 CST. Max azimuth 81°. Magnitude = -3.8.
Details for Melder LA - Max azimuth time = 18:46:55 CST. Max azimuth 85°. Magnitude = -3.9.

The ISS passed Boise at 17:40:55 MST, Golden at 17:43:40 MST, Bethany at 18:45:36 CST and Melder at 18:46:55. Time from Boise to Denver - 2:45 (825 miles), time from Denver to Bethany - 1:56 (580 miles), and Bethany to Melder - 1:19 (395 miles). Total time : 6:00:00. Total distance covered = 1800 miles.

Conditions at Bethany (my front yard)- clear skies, 42 degrees. The ISS came into view a bit more to the west than I had anticipated. I had my camera set on a tripod to try to catch a photo, had to re-adjust. I had a "bulb" attachment to take a timed exposure. I took 3 photos, all different lengths of time. I hope I get something out of it. If so, I will add the picture to the waymark.
EDIT: pictures did not come out.

What did I learn from this -- it takes quite a lot of coordination to set this up for more than 1 other person to do the sighting. But, the chance of getting 4 people to see this same pass was worth it. Without starting Waymarking and seeing this category, I may never have learned how to find out when to see the ISS pass, and would not have been able to show it to my family as it passed.

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