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Yesterday was the first time we actually got to see the ISS and it was an amazing view at an max altitude of 71 deg. It will be back on July 9th at around 9pm Pacific and at 70+ altitude. Anybody out there to join us for the waymark?

I would love to join in but it seems that pass is not viewable from my location in Oregon.

Please let me know where exactly you are and I'll check it out. The ISS will be above Portland, OR on 7/9 at 10.28pm at an altitude of 59 deg.

I am in Eugene.

I saw that pass but thought it might be to far north for you to view.

9 Jul

-2.2

22:25:04

10

WSW

22:27:55

47

NNW

22:30:46

10

NE

Pass Map

This pass on the 10th with an amazing -3.4 magnitude might be another option. I'll print them both out and try to do both in case we have cloud cover.

10 Jul

-3.4

21:14:15

10

SW

21:17:10

67

SE

21:20:05

10

ENE

Pass Map

We just came back from watching it:

9 Jul -3.4 20:49:08 10 SW     20:52:03 76 SE      20:54:58 10 NE 

Did yo usee it too? And if yes, does that qualify for the waymark?

What do we have to do next?

 

Whoo Hoo.

We saw it too. Mrs. Bean and myself. Unfortunately it was a different pass. Ours was the 22:27 pass that was further north. Yours was to far south for us to view.

It was a good view here though. There was a cloud haze moving in that concerned me but at zero hour there was a break in the path that the station took directly through the center of the dipper in then up and across the top of the North Star.

I hope to watch again tonight. for our 9:14 pass It looks like it will be dimly visible to you with a max altitude of 30 for you at the same time. 

Bernd das Brot's Pass

Date	Mag	Starts			Max. altitude			Ends
		Time	Alt.	Az.	Time	Alt.	Az.	Time	Alt.	Az.
10 Jul	-1.1	21:13:56	10	W	21:16:34	30	NNW	21:19:13	10	NNE

TheBeanTeam's Pass

10 Jul

-3.4

21:14:15

10

SW

21:17:10

67

SE

21:20:05

10

ENE

All of this is moot for us though. I just went and read the requirements. This pass does not meet them.

45 degrees for all viewers.

Each of us would need to have a waymarker to the east of us at a pass to ever get a waymark. The north south thing puts us out of the running when it comes to the altitude. unless we both get a 45 degree pass at some point.

This from the category. "Any waymark (sighting) in this "catch the ISS" category must have been a successful multiplayer sighting of the ISS as it passed above a certain required altitude in degrees above each person's horizon. Each player must have been at least 293 miles (472 km) apart."

" For evening passes it’s usually better to look for someone west of you rather than east of you."

This works against us because there is no one west of west. Maybe someone in Hawaii....someday...with just the right angle of pass.

> Each of us would need to have a waymarker to the east of us at a pass to ever get a waymark.

Actually my brother (who is one of two geocachers living in Kenya) spottet the ISS last night (or morning as it was for him) at the same orbit, but it was only at 12 deg altitude (low altitudes work at the ocean or - in his case - at Lake Victoria.

Guess this needs some more organization but thanks for the effort!

Double post

Your welcome. We will keep trying.

 

We actually watched it pass last night in a sort of ISS party. I lead a youth group and last night I thought on what you can accomplish if you work together using the ISS as an example. Then I loaded everybody up and we went to an observation location here in town.

We had between 40 and 50 folks all looking for the pass.There was an assortment of people. Kids, parents and grandparents.  I was sweating it because it was mostly cloudy but then the ISS passed through one of the few breaks in the clouds in spectacular fashion. The group cheered and clapped spontaneously. It was a wonderful moment.

Then we all went for icecream. The guy behind the counter had a drop jaw moment when we all started filing in the door.