ISS Pass Tonight (Thur SoCal)

We’re into a season of nice evening ISS passes for Southern California. Here’s the best evening Heavens-Above.com passes through Sunday. This is a nice high pass by Jupiter travelling SW to NE. Best from 9:34 p.m. until 9:41 p.m. tonight! You can also get emails with details for your latitude/longitude at https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ Thursday – Jupiter gets a flyby Date: 26 May 2016 Orbit: 402 x 404 km, 51.6° (Epoch: 26 May) Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km) Brightness Sun altitude Rises 21:32:26 0° 228° (SW) 2,302 0.6 -17.2° Reaches altitude 10° 21:34:30 10° 230° (SW) 1,446 -0.4 -17.5° Maximum altitude 21:37:45 78° 316° (NW) 413 -3.3 -18.0° Drops below altitude 10° 21:41:00 10° 44° (NE) 1,453 -0.5 -18.5° Sets 21:43:05 0° 46° (NE) 2,315 0.5 -18.8° FRIDAY Date: 27 May 2016 Orbit: 402 x 404 km, 51.6° (Epoch: 26 May) Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km) Brightness Sun altitude Rises 20:39:48 0° 213° (SSW) 2,300 0.5 -8.5° Reaches altitude 10° 20:41:55 10° 206° (SSW) 1,445 -0.6 -8.8° Maximum altitude 20:45:01 44° 133° (SE) 568 -3.0 -9.4° Drops below altitude 10° 20:48:08 10° 60° (ENE) 1,452 -0.8 -9.9° Sets 20:50:16 0° 53° (NE) 2,314 0.3 -10.3° Sunday Date: 29 May 2016 Orbit: 402 x 404 km, 51.6° (Epoch: 26 May) Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km) Brightness Sun altitude Rises 20:30:29 0° 233° (SW) 2,303 0.8 -6.6° Reaches altitude 10° 20:32:34 10° 237° (WSW) 1,447 -0.2 -7.0° Maximum altitude 20:35:47 61° 318° (NW) 459 -2.7 -7.5° Drops below altitude 10° 20:39:00 10° 40° (NE) 1,454 -0.6 -8.1° Sets 20:41:06 0° 44° (NE) 2,315 0.4 -8.4° Jane Houston Jones Senior Outreach Specialist What's Up May 2016: Mercury transit, Mars closest approach https://youtu.be/TQ-qbykREXE