Cashion, OK, USA - Hamilton, ON, CAN (Site 2)
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Bon Echo
N 43° 14.765 W 079° 44.742
17T E 601827 N 4788905
On May 20th 2018 the ISS passed over Oklahoma and was observed by The Snowdog, and minutes later it passed over Ontario Canada where it was observed by Bon Echo
Waymark Code: WMYAJC
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/20/2018
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Late into the evening of Sunday May 20th 2018 I enjoyed nice views of the ISS as it passed north but in view of Hamilton Ontario. The same pass was observed a few minutes earlier by The Snowdog in Cashion OK, over 1000 miles to the SW. The ISS reached a max altitude of 71° over Cashion with a brightness magnitude of -3.2 (10:18 pm CDT). In Hamilton the ISS reached a max altitude of 49° with a brightness magnitude of -2.9 (11:22:23 PM EDT). Both passes were visible for just over 6 minutes. Despite the long distance between the two location, it is likely that the ISS was still visible to The Snowdog in Oklahoma (visible from 10:15:01 CDT to 10:21:26 CDT) when it first became visible to me in Ontario (visible from 11:19:13 EDT to 11:25:35 EDT)
Since I live in a bright sky preserve (apparently) and wasn't able to travel far away from the city lights for this viewing, I though I would try viewing over Lake Ontario which is only a couple kilometers from home. It was a beautiful night out, about 13° Celsius. Being a long weekend in Canada (Victoria Day), there was a lot of activity still at this late hour. From my location on the beach at Confederation Park I could see at least one bonfire a ways up the beach, and fireworks from a couple others spots as well
The ISS came up to the WNW and was difficult to see because I was looking towards a lot of city lighting. at first I though it was not going to be visible due to the light and the thin clouds. However the station appeared on schedule, and I first noticed it at 11:20 pm EDT, just a bit after it rose above 10°
The moon was bright and in the path of the ISS. The moon is the bright "ball" in the upper right in the top photo. Here is a closer view of the moon (taken after the ISS had passed):
Once the ISS moved away from the moon I enjoyed good views of it over Lake Ontario to the N and NE. I was able to follow the ISS until 11:25pm, at which point the ISS dropped below 10° altitude.
The view looking north over Lake Ontario. Compare the amount of light pollution to the photo above
Looking directly NNW, and a bit less exposure time. The lights show the shoreline of Lake Ontario, north across Hamilton Beach and then to the east through Burlington and Oakville
A screenshot from my phone, in lieu of the "GPSr photo". This was captured right after the ISS dropped out of view
Thank-you to 8Nuts MotherGoose for all the help and positive comments in the forums, and thank-you to The Snowdog for partnering with me on this ISS waymark