If you want to see the International Space Station zip over our heads, there is an awesome passing Thursday night . Let's discuss how and where to find it below!
HOW TO FIND IT: Set your alarm about ten minutes prior to the passing to give yourself enough time to head outside and get your bearings. For perspective, the horizon is at zero degrees, and directly overhead is 90 degrees. If you hold your fist at arm’s length and place your fist resting on the horizon, the top will be about 10 degrees. The space station looks like an airplane or a very bright star moving across the sky, except it doesn’t have flashing lights or change direction.
There is one more chance on Sunday! It is another long passing with 6 minutes over our heads, but it is also getting lower in the sky. The peak height will be 48 degrees, so it will be about halfway up the sky. Head outside around 9:30 p.m. it will appear at 9:37 p.m. at 10 degrees in the west-northwestern part of the sky and set at 11 degrees in the southeastern part of the sky.