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Is anyone along these groud tracks that would want to partner for an ISS waymark?

Candidate tracks for me are:
    March 25th 8:39 PM
    March 27th 7:53 PM
    April 14th 8:27 PM

More candidates, but these are early in the morning:
    March 22nd 6:16 AM
    April 29th 6:22 AM
    May 1st, 5:59 AM
   

I believe I can help you with some. Others, we’ll have to see when the date gets closer.

 

March 22^nd – that’s 18 hours from now. We have a snowstorm passing through. It will probably be cloudy in the morning at my location. Find another player.

 

March 25 – 8:39pm – I can view it from 8:37 to 8: 38 ½  at a max angle of  24 degrees as it goes into the Earths shadow. Double check your listed time. It looks like the web page has been updated for accuracy. It’s right above you at 8:36pm.

 

March 27 – I can view it for 4 minutes to my SE at a max angle of 27 degrees.

 

The ISS web page isn’t very accurate for long-term predictions and they update frequently.

They have done an update. Your April 14^th time is now WAY OFF and it puts you below the required minimum of 45 degrees. BUT, April 13 and April 15 look good for you, but I won’t be able see them.

 

April 29 has disappeared from your list and is not on my list.

May 1^st is still good on your list but the ISS passes over you 15 minutes earlier then you say, and will be updated many more times before then. I should also be able to view this one but it hasn’t appeared on my list (yet).

 

Clarification of rules – To create a Waymark, You must view the ISS at an altitude greater than 45 degrees. Your viewing partner must be at least 1 flight minute away (about 300 miles). After you have created a Waymark for this Category, you can still help others and create more waymarks.

After you have created an ISS Waymark, you can also help others get a Waymark and you can claim a visit to their Waymark if your view was LESS than 45 degrees altitude, but you can not create a new Waymark with a view of less than 45 degrees.

 

I will view the ISS on March 25 and 27 and make contact with you.

Anyone else want to play?

 

It looks like the 3/27 pass is headed my way.  I can give it a shot.  They are forecasting clouds right now, but then again this is Michigan.  If you don't like the weather, just wait a minute.

March 27th 7:46 PM (Central) Houston/8:50 PM (Eastern) Detroit

Not sure but it looks like I can view it at 20:30 Pac Time at 59 max alt on the 26th.  Does this help anyone?    I hope I am reading this correctly - and will check on the requirements.  Email me if I can partake!  Thanks,

ggmorton:

Is anyone along these groud tracks that would want to partner for an ISS waymark?

Candidate tracks for me are:
    March 25th 8:39 PM
    March 27th 7:53 PM
    April 14th 8:27 PM

More candidates, but these are early in the morning:
    March 22nd 6:16 AM
    April 29th 6:22 AM
    May 1st, 5:59 AM
   

It looks like these need updating.
    March 25th 8:36 PM
    March 27th 7:43 PM

The others are too far out to try and gauge right now I guess.

If anyone looks up there location on heavens-above.com, and sees that your location is in the path within a few minutes of these times, then email me. Thanks for reading this everyone!

8Nuts MotherGoose:

Clarification of rules – To create a Waymark, You must view the ISS at an altitude greater than 45 degrees. Your viewing partner must be at least 1 flight minute away (about 300 miles). After you have created a Waymark for this Category, you can still help others and create more waymarks.

After you have created an ISS Waymark, you can also help others get a Waymark and you can claim a visit to their Waymark if your view was LESS than 45 degrees altitude, but you can not create a new Waymark with a view of less than 45 degrees.

 

I will view the ISS on March 25 and 27 and make contact with you.

Anyone else want to play?

I don't see that rule where it can be less than 45 degreees altitude. Where is it in the description?
It seems to me like when you are creating a waymark that both viewings have the altitude requirement of 45 degrees. Am I reading it wrong?

BTW, I have emailed you nonetheless to set this up. Thanks!

Iowa Tom, the Category creator, told me long ago. I thought that he had added it to the rules. I'll contact him about it. He said that person1 who had already created a Waymark in the ISS Category could assist person2 in creating their Waymark. Person2 would have to view the ISS at an altitude of 45 degrees or greater, but person1 could view it at less than 45 degrees to varify the sighting. Person1 would not be allowed to create a new Waymark, but he is allowed to post a Visit to Person2's new Waymark. Person2 is the student and Person1 is the Teacher. We all know that Teachers get special compensation for their efforts.

I have assisted another person previously in this way and it was approved by Iowa Tom Here.

S5280ft is over 45 degrees on the 27th. That would be the best way to go. Then two waymarks would be created instead of just one. Watch your weather forcast. Mine is now calling for a chance of rain (meaning clouds might block the view)

ggmorton:

I don't see that rule where it can be less than 45 degrees altitude. Where is it in the description? It seems to me like when you are creating a waymark that both viewings have the altitude requirement of 45 degrees. Am I reading it wrong?

Near the bottom of the waymarking instructions page look for:

**Visitation rules:

NOTE! The visitation rules are temporarily located at this webpage. They are the violet colored text.

Click on the violet font. The answer you want is on that page in a purple font. I used up my space alotment on the waymarking page so that the amendment had to be placed somewhere else.

I wish that this process could be simpler but to keep it a waymarking game I felt as though I had to make it a community effort. The 45 degree altitude requirement is to make sure that at least once, the first time player will see how impressively bright the ISS is. You get to appreciate the brightness only when it's high overhead.

Tom

I just used Orbitron to look ahead for some favorable passes, preferably in the PM. Take a look at this composite I made. It shows some passes that are favorable for NE Iowa, at least. All the times are for the position of the ISS when I made the screen capture and are in Central Daylight Time, as far as I know.

I could not find many good long, in-sunlight passes for Houston at all this time of year. I'm sure there are short (at least 1 minute) ones. The long passes I did find crossed sparsely inhabited areas.

Notice in the one that you could try to hook up with someone in Spain at least; Madagascar anyone?

If you want to know more about how I use the free program called Orbitron take a look here.

Feel free to write directly to me at sciteach@mchsi.com if you have any questions. I would be willing to participate in any event, no matter what time of the "day".

s5280ft:

It looks like the 3/27 pass is headed my way.  I can give it a shot.  They are forecasting clouds right now, but then again this is Michigan.  If you don't like the weather, just wait a minute.

March 27th 7:46 PM (Central) Houston/8:50 PM (Eastern) Detroit

Yeah, it looks like this pass should be over 45 degrees for both of us. Maybe the weather will cooperate.

iowa tom:

ggmorton:

I don't see that rule where it can be less than 45 degrees altitude. Where is it in the description? It seems to me like when you are creating a waymark that both viewings have the altitude requirement of 45 degrees. Am I reading it wrong?

Near the bottom of the waymarking instructions page look for:

**Visitation rules:

NOTE! The visitation rules are temporarily located at this webpage. They are the violet colored text.

Click on the violet font. The answer you want is on that page in a purple font. I used up my space alotment on the waymarking page so that the amendment had to be placed somewhere else.

I wish that this process could be simpler but to keep it a waymarking game I felt as though I had to make it a community effort. The 45 degree altitude requirement is to make sure that at least once, the first time player will see how impressively bright the ISS is. You get to appreciate the brightness only when it's high overhead.

Tom

I read your rules on the geocache. The way I read it you can only do relax the altitude requirements on a community pass. You define a community pass as a one which at least two other players both observe it while still fulfilling the altitude requirements.

So, you would need 2 people to see it on the same pass where it is at least 45 degrees for them. Then someone else that saw it when it was less than 45 degrees on the same pass can post a visit.

I will be watching.

My new camera has been waiting for clear skies.

I am on tap tonight to see the ISS around 8:33 PM Central time from Houston, TX.

My new camera is supposed to be delivered today. So hopefully I get it in time!

ggmorton:

My new camera is supposed to be delivered today. So hopefully I get it in time!

OOh, what're you getting??

0ccam:

ggmorton:

My new camera is supposed to be delivered today. So hopefully I get it in time!

OOh, what're you getting??

It's a Kodak EasyShare V1003 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

My old 3.1 MP camera got lost last week when I let someone borrow it. It was really old. I was gonna use it till it died. I had a few waymark pictures on there that I was gonna use that now I will have to retake. Luckily it is not far out the way.

This new camera wasn't terribly expensive, so I thought why not. I thought about going the SLR route, but I didn't want to spend that much. I wanted something compact that had a lot more resolution than what I was used to. I went to the local Fry's and played with a similar model. It seemed functional enough. Fry's had a sale on 2GB SD cards for $13.99 so I picked up two of those.

My best pass is also on the 27th but it is a different pass than the one you all referencing.  It is the brightest pass that I have seen available in a long time  with a magnitude of -2.5  and a 70 degree high, and long pass over our area.

Anyone else want to try this pass.

Here is the ground track

The time would be 20:53 so that is 8:53 Pacific Time.

Anyone wanting to try for this pass as well?  Of course it is doubtful for us anyhow because of the weather but we can try.

ggmorton:

s5280ft:

It looks like the 3/27 pass is headed my way.  I can give it a shot.  They are forecasting clouds right now, but then again this is Michigan.  If you don't like the weather, just wait a minute.

March 27th 7:46 PM (Central) Houston/8:50 PM (Eastern) Detroit

Yeah, it looks like this pass should be over 45 degrees for both of us. Maybe the weather will cooperate.

It's not looking good. 50% chance of PM rain/snow showers on Thursday.  Unfortunately the chance of cloudiness will be significanly higher.  I'll still give it a try though.

Clouded out for me,Durn.

Saw one fast flicker.

 

GEO*TRAILBLAZER 1:

Clouded out for me,Durn.

Saw one fast flicker.

 

It was too cloudy for me tonight as well. I didn't see anything moving in the sky. LOL

Maybe Thursday will be better, but it is looking like clouds and / or rain.

Lookin' pretty bad up here.

I will try to look for it again tonight in Houston around 7:45 PM. It was too cloudy last time, and more clouds are forecasted. It may be clear, who knows.

Houston the Shuttle has landed and we missed you this time.

 

But we are aboard for the ISS Sighting tonite.

Maybe fair weather?

I like getting them both together one follows the other and got to see them both once.

Well, I saw it. It was not dark enough for a good picture to turn out. It was unmistakeable. It was moving super fast and bright even though the sky was still blue (sun was behind the horizon). Anybody else have luck and see it? If so PM me or email on waymarking, and we can fix our waymark with the info. Thanks!

Well, I did see lots of white streaks, but unfortunately it was the snow falling on my face.  4-6 inches forecast for tonight.

I saw streaks of lightning and a funnel cloud.