Mike flew right over the house. Space station was nice and bright and clear. It was really cool. Tried a call but Mike wasn't on. Safe travels all, safe travels.

Hi,

About 30 minutes after a sunset, I was ready to watch a predicted pass of the ISS. The sky was still blueish and I'm pretty sure I saw the ISS passing not bright at all. First, it appeared as predicted, flaring for a second and then it became just black. It was like a black dot flying at the same speed that I'm used to see for the ISS. I have very good eyes and I'm pretty sure it was not an airplane.

Can somebody tell me if it's possible to see the ISS as a black dot when the sky is still blue after sunset?

Thanks.
deerek4

LU 5DFO saw again the ISS over La Plata city, before sunrise, Sun 2011-08-21, from NW to SE from 9.04 to 9.10 ours UTC, 71 degree elevation, altitude 403 Km, speed 7666 m/s, minimum distance 426 Km, mag -3.5, not signals packet, with clear sky.-

LU 5DFO saw again the ISS over La Plata city, before sunrise,sat 2011-08-20 from W to SSE, from 10.05 to 10.08 ours UTC, 30 degree elevation, altitude 406 Km, speed 7663 m/s,minimum distance 812 Km, mag -2.3, not signals packet, with clear sky.

LU 5DFO saw again the ISS over La Plata cityafter sunset Sat 2011 - 08 - 06, from SW to ENE, from 22.02 to 22.09 ours UTC, 62 degree elevation, altitude 399 Km, speed 7670 m/s,minimum distance 451 Km, mag -3.4, not signals packet, with clear sky.-

LU 5DFO saw again the ISS over La Plata city, after sunset,Fri 2011 - o8 - 05, from 23.00 to 23.04 ours UTC, 48 degree elevation, altitude 397 Km, speed 7672 m/s,minimum distance 534 Km, mag -2.3, not signals packet, with clear sky.

LU 5DFO saw again the ISS over La Plata city, after sunset Thu 2011 - 08 - 04, from 22.22 to 22.25 ours UTC, 31 degree elevation, altitude 400 Km, speed 7670 m/s, minimum distance 776 Km, mag -2.5, not signal packet, with clear sky.

LU 5DFO saw again the ISS over La Plata city, after sunset , Fri 2011-07-22 from 22.02 to 22.07 ours UTC, 17 degree elevation, altitude 405 Km, speed 7666 m/s, minimum distance 1386 Km, mag -0.9, weak signals packet, with clear sky.-

Amazing!

At 0839UTC, observing from Barbados, I saw what is, in my opinion,...The ninth wonder of the modern World....

Saw both the Shuttle and the ISS, flying in formation. Just a fraction of a second apart, but both dots of light clearly visible.

ISS was shining brilliantly. Almost as bright as Jupiter (which it appeared to pass close to from my viewing location). The shuttle was leading it by just a half, or quarter of a second or so.

Perfect view for the first half of the pass. The second half, from the highest point all the way down to the horizon, was obscured by cloud.

LU 5DFO saw the ISS again over La Plata city before sunrise, Mon 2011-07-11,from 09.41 to 09.43 ours UTC 26 degree elevation, altitude 391 km,minimum distance 894 km mag -2.1 not signals packet 145.825 wit some clouds in the sky.-