15 July 2020 - Des Moines, WA - Bethany, OK (Site 1)
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Tubatad
N 47° 22.318 W 122° 18.565
10T E 552136 N 5246731
Early morning ISS pass seen by Tubatad in Des Moines, WA and Vulture1957 in Bethany, OK
Waymark Code: WM12TTB
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2020
Views: 3
Maximum altitude at my location was 61° at 03:02:47.
Predicted magnitude was -3.3
It continued SE and passed over Vulture1957 watching in Bethany, OK at 05:08:40 at 47° above the horizon at a brightness of -2.7. From Des Moines, WA to Bethany, OK is 5 min 17 secs of ISS flight time, for 1509.68 miles.
Conditions in Des Moines were 60 degrees, mostly clear, calm winds
I stayed up a little past my bedtime to catch this one. While I hoped to catch a glimpse of Comet Neowise, that was my only disappointment. Mars was out as was a rising crescent moon in the east. It took longer than expected to spot the ISS. I saw it just past the maximum altitude as it passed through the constellation Cassiopeia, which was my main landmark (skymark?). It was very bright and I was able to track it for about 4 minutes until it dropped below the local tree line.
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