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January 12, 2006

A nice space station pass Sunday

It's been quite a while since we've had a convenient and easy-to-spot flyover by the International Space Station to watch from Baltimore. But there's a fine one coming up around dinnertime on Sunday. And the forecast says the snow showers will be gone, so if you can brave the wind and cold, have a look. It only takes a few minutes. Be sure to drag the kids out to see it. If yours won't go, rustle up some neighbors.

From Baltimore, the space station will appear above the northwest horizon at 6:05 p.m. EST. Look for a bright, white, star-like light moving smartly toward the southeast. It will reach it's highest elevation, 55 degrees above the northeast horizon, at 6:07. That's a little more than halfway between the horizon and the zenith - straight up.

NASA's $100 billion money pit will move on toward the east southeast, passing into the Earth's shadow and disappearing at 6:09 p.m. in the constellation Orion, near the bright orange star Betelgeuse.

This is the best pass of the current series. For more predictions, calculated for your location, visit the Heavens Above website, follow the instructions and punch in the name of your town.

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Thanks for the "Heads up"

It was a really nice pass, first one i've seen in a long while, was on the cell with family in PA and saw it together..
also caught an iridium flare just before the ISS

looks like there's one tonight @ 7:14

clear skies,
Starmanjer

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Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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