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raratt said:
This site will give you the time, elevation, and direction to see the ISS when it goes over your location.

International Space Station

See the International Space Station! As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up.
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My go-to for tracking the Station and other bright satellites is heavens-above dot com. Near the Summer Solstice I could just spot the Station passing north at midnight. At my new latitude I'm just too far south for those shenanigans.
 
BudmanTX

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raratt said:
This site will give you the time, elevation, and direction to see the ISS when it goes over your location.

International Space Station

See the International Space Station! As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up.
spotthestation.nasa.gov spotthestation.nasa.gov
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cool....yeah when i used to hit observatory in the north...me and couple of guys would try to capture it with the telescope....man that was a bitch.....

i also get the NASA channel , so sometime when i'm trimming i'll site get really numb and watch the live feeds.....wife would just shake her head.....
 
raratt

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cannabineer said:
My go-to for tracking the Station and other bright satellites is heavens-above dot com. Near the Summer Solstice I could just spot the Station passing north at midnight. At my new latitude I'm just too far south for those shenanigans.
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Wed Oct 9, 7:18 PM5 min67°10° above NW19° above ESE
I just checked near your location.
 
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Got up to pee yesterday at like 5:15 am and saw the zodiacal light a.k.a. false dawn sending a spike through Leo. Here's a pic showing much more than what I saw ... from Australia.

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This is closer to my sighting ... except this is another Southern Hemisphere pic as the asterism near M31 reveals. Note inverted Pleiades just clearing the horizon.

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The magic of photon capture ...

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Fron Texas Star Party, Venus and zodiacal light
A good "wysiwyg" pic

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More reflected sunlight from the Ecliptic, and other "fantastic optical beasts and where to find them". The gegenschein (German: counterglow) is a large (10 x 20 degrees of arc) faint patch of less-dark sky directly opposite the Sun's celestial position.

First pic shows it, a "horn" of zodiacal light and the connecting ecliptic band against a Galactic backdrop. I'm guessing the light embedded in the gegenschein is Saturn.

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By the inverted stellation around M31, this has to be off of Australia's "Gold Coast". Pleiades on horizon.

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Gegenschein and the even more elusive skyglow ... usually illustrated from orbit.
From the ground ...

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and from orbit.

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Aterrestrial widest-angle fisheye shot showing how grazing angles (like atthe horizon) emphasize natural skyglow.

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Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement. Meet STEVE, a purple dude who hangs out near and above the more usual aurora borealis.

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sciencetrends.com

Atmospheric Phenomena STEVE Not An Aurora, Instead Another Mysterious Event -

In July of last year, there was a thin trail of purple light that was witnessed streaking across the sky in northern Canada. The light appeared to stretch for hundreds of miles and it was believed to be a new form of aurora. The phenomenon was dubbed Steve by a group of citizens sky watchers.
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