ISS Sighting - Edmond, OK - Wentzville, MO - Site 1
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Max and 99
N 35° 38.274 W 097° 27.525
14S E 639546 N 3944881
We partnered with kJfishman for an ISS sighting the morning of December 20, 2020.
Waymark Code: WM13HP9
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2020
Views: 6
We watched the ISS against an almost cloudless dark (no moon) sky from 06:20:30 to 06:26:05 in south Edmond, OK as it traveled from the SW to the SE to the NE. Jupiter and Saturn were not visible since they were on the opposite side of the earth at the time, but they were nearing their closest viewing since 1623 - to be achieved the next day. Venus had risen about 30 minutes before the ISS appeared and as the ISS exited our view in the NE it made a close pass just east of the rising bright star Vega. This was a fun, bright, clear pass for us but unfortunately kJfishman was clouded out.
High point information for the observers:
Edmond, OK (Max and 99): 66º at 06:23:43 with magnitude -3.4
Wentzville, MO (kJfishman: 84º at 06:25:20 with magnitude -3.7
Flight time between points: 1 min 37 sec (1.617 min) x 293 miles/min = 474 miles.
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