Sidewalk Astronomy Oct 28, ISS pass tonight

ISS pass twilight tonight: Tue Oct 17 6:35 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 87°, Appears: 10° above NW, Disappears: 10° above SE. Nearly overhead, but since it won't be dark yet, you might not see some of the first minute or so. For those not in the LA region, you can get your own alerts by signing up for the Spot The Station emails. https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ A lot of people enjoyed the Vandenberg launch "alert" I sent out, but some missed it, because there was a launch delay. These launches are often delayed, sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes until the next day, so it's best to check these websites http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm containing Launch schedules and more. At the bottom of the page is the way to join the email list http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/launch-alert and launch alert newsletter http://www.spacearchive.info/newsletter.htm Spaceflight Now always has live coverage of launches, to check on delays https://spaceflightnow.com/ I'll continue to post launches likely to be visible, but you'll have to find out any delays there, space twitter accounts, or launch services accounts. Our next sidewalk Astronomy will be the 28th, 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. or maybe 9:30, whenever the crowds thin out. It is International Observe the Moon Night, with astronomy clubs around the world holding events. We'll be passing out NASA moon lithos, Saturn halloween stickers, Saturn planet stickers and Cassini pins. I'll have plenty of all for everyone who wants one. Here are some great Observe the moon materials for download https://www.lpi.usra.edu/observe_the_moon_night/event-materials/ I especially like the first one, scroll down for resources and you'll find Northern Hemisphere view of the moon on October 28th. Click on it and there are sights to look for through binos or telescopes. Maybe we'll have a few smaller telescopes to have people try and find a couple of the targets, or try them at home. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/observe_the_moon_night/event-materials/ November 11-12is our twice-a-year Mojave National Preserve dark sky party (some of us will be there Friday night Nov 10 also and you are welcome to make a 2 night event, potluck only on Saturday night, breakfast only on Sunday morning. Free but RSVP here. https://www.facebook.com/events/1923366914543228/ What's Up October is in all the usual places including this one: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/09/28/whats-up-for-october-2017 Finally, We have some gorgeous posters for Cassini, Voyager and some spacey travel posters made by our talented graphics folks at JPL. Download and print! Cassini https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/7763/ Voyager https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/downloads/ Travel posters https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/ Enjoy!! And see you next week! Jane -- Jane Houston Jones @jhjones @otastro What's Up October? All The Things: Planets, Stars. Meteors, Asteroids,#ObserveTheMoon https://youtu.be/Pct7jr7KrBo