tonight's view of the ISS

Hello Otastro I know some of you stepped outside and looked up at 8:00 p.m. and were hoping you would see the visible pass of the ISS over southern California. Whether you did or didn't see it, here is my recap of the event. At 8:00 p.m. Mojo and I turned our gaze outward :-) and stepped outside. We walked a few yards to where we had a good view of the entire sky. It was not yet dark, but we could see Jupiter and a few brighter stars We kept looking towards Jupiter, and soon Mojo saw a "star" moving up from Jupiter to overhead. 8:06:15 is when we first spotted the Internatinal Space Station, aka the moving "star". We observed the ISS for about 5 minutes , until 8:11:00 before it was below the horizon in the NE. I hope you saw it. If not, I hope my description was a good alternate to the actual view. Now it is only 9 hours until a gorgeous view of the moon, Venus, and maybe Mercury and Saturn are visble in dawn sky. Jane (who recommends checking the morning planet view at 5:30 a.m.) is now signing off at 8:30 p.m. -- Jane Houston Jones Monrovia, CA 34.2048N 118.1732W, 637.0 feet http://www.whiteoaks.com Old Town Astronomers: http://www.otastro.org