Watch Space Station Bisect Moon--Repeatedly

November 25, 2019

You've seen pictures of the International Space Station (ISS), but have you ever actually seen it?  If you can steady on the moon with a simple telescope, try this: an ISS transit.  

As the International Stace Station (ISS) orbits overhead, occasionally its pa...

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ISS Transits Moon on March 3

March 2, 2018

Most people have never seen an ISS transit before.  Try this early Saturday morning, March 3, 2018.

Set up a telescope in downtown Elkhart, IN, and aim it at the moon.  If you set up elsewhere along the line on the map, get accurate times of the event for your location...

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The Second Question After An Eclipse

August 17, 2017

To get the elephant out of the room, for US observers, the next total solar eclipse is April 8, 2024.  Additionally, peruse the map of total solar eclipses in the 21st century over North American, courtesy of Michael Zeiler. 

Future total solar eclipses are mapped by Mi...

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Anticipating the Moon and Venus

December 8, 2015

 

I had been looking forward to seeing Venus astride the crescent moon.  Instead, the moon occulted Venus and clouds occulted both.   Here are some snippets in anticipation of today's celestial event.

 

December 1

 

Telescopes were set up atop Jordan Hall of Science at...

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Celestial Trifecta on Monday, Dec. 7

December 3, 2015

Monday, December 7, has three celestial highlights for observers in the South Bend, IN, region--a comet, an occultation, and satellite passes.  

 

 

​Sunrise

Before sunrise in the eastern twilight, find a triangle formed by the crescent moon, Venus, and Comet Catalina, wit...

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Space Station Buzzes by Planets

April 2, 2015

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April 7

 

On Tuesday, April 7, the ISS rises in the west near blazingly bright Venus (mag.= -4.0) around 9:28 p.m. EDT.   When the spacecraft is almost abreast the planet, nearby is another lovely star cluster, the Pleiades.  At 9:30:20 p.m., if you hop from the...

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