Finally a break in the weather is forecasted for the North East for the next few days. Heavens Above has the ISS visible in Rochester NY on January 3rd from 5:18pm to 5:23pm with a max altitude of 59 degrees. If anyone is interested in trying to do an ISS Waymarking Game sighting let me know.
For My Location, North Chili, NY (Rochester NY)
| Date |
Mag |
Starts |
Max. Altitude |
Ends |
| Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
| 02 Jan |
0.3 |
18:30:59 |
10 |
WNW |
18:33:43 |
41 |
SW |
18:34:33 |
30 |
S |
| 03 Jan |
-0.9 |
17:18:06 |
10 |
NW |
17:20:53 |
59 |
NNE |
17:23:41 |
10 |
ESE |
| 03 Jan |
2.3 |
18:54:02 |
10 |
W |
18:55:38 |
14 |
SW |
18:57:12 |
10 |
SSW |
| 04 Jan |
0.4 |
17:40:18 |
10 |
WNW |
17:43:00 |
43 |
SW |
17:45:43 |
10 |
SE |
| 05 Jan |
2.5 |
18:03:12 |
10 |
W |
18:04:53 |
15 |
SW |
18:06:36 |
10 |
S |
I am going to do a trial run tonight (Jan 2) and see if it is visible. I have seen it once before in Philadelphia over the summer. It was really neat. Very bright, and very fast. Even if you can't do the waymarking ISS game, I recomend you at least try to go out and see it.