Hi All, The International Space Station is going to transit the sun on Saturday morning, April 20th, as seen from a narrow swath of land in southern California, southern Nevada, the very northwest corner of Arizona, and then on into Utah and other locations further to the northeast. Based on the most recently available orbital elements, the following points are on the transit centerline at the indicated (PDT) times: PDT Latitude Longitude -------- -------- --------- 11:38:15 33.2106 -118.8755 11:38:20 33.4505 -118.5989 11:38:25 33.6897 -118.3207 11:38:30 33.9283 -118.0409 11:38:35 34.1663 -117.7596 11:38:40 34.4036 -117.4767 11:38:45 34.6403 -117.1921 11:38:50 34.8762 -116.9059 11:38:55 35.1115 -116.6180 11:39:00 35.3461 -116.3285 11:39:05 35.5799 -116.0372 11:39:10 35.8131 -115.7442 11:39:15 36.0455 -115.4495 11:39:20 36.2772 -115.1530 11:39:25 36.5082 -114.8547 11:39:30 36.7384 -114.5546 11:39:35 36.9678 -114.2526 11:39:40 37.1965 -113.9488 11:39:45 37.4243 -113.6431 11:39:50 37.6514 -113.3355 11:39:55 37.8777 -113.0260 11:40:00 38.1031 -112.7145 11:40:05 38.3277 -112.4011 11:40:10 38.5515 -112.0856 11:40:15 38.7744 -111.7682 11:40:20 38.9964 -111.4487 11:40:25 39.2176 -111.1271 11:40:30 39.4378 -110.8035 11:40:35 39.6572 -110.4777 11:40:40 39.8756 -110.1498 11:40:45 40.0931 -109.8198 11:40:50 40.3097 -109.4876 11:40:55 40.5253 -109.1531 11:41:00 40.7400 -108.8165 11:41:05 40.9536 -108.4776 11:41:10 41.1663 -108.1364 11:41:15 41.3780 -107.7930 11:41:20 41.5886 -107.4472 11:41:25 41.7982 -107.0991 11:41:30 42.0068 -106.7486 11:41:35 42.2142 -106.3958 11:41:40 42.4206 -106.0405 11:41:45 42.6259 -105.6828 11:41:50 42.8301 -105.3226 11:41:55 43.0332 -104.9600 11:42:00 43.2351 -104.5948 11:42:05 43.4359 -104.2272 11:42:10 43.6355 -103.8570 11:42:15 43.8339 -103.4842 11:42:20 44.0311 -103.1088 11:42:25 44.2270 -102.7308 11:42:30 44.4218 -102.3502 11:42:35 44.6153 -101.9670 11:42:40 44.8075 -101.5810 11:42:45 44.9984 -101.1924 11:42:50 45.1880 -100.8010 11:42:55 45.3763 -100.4069 11:43:00 45.5632 -100.0101 11:43:05 45.7488 -99.6104 11:43:10 45.9330 -99.2080 11:43:15 46.1159 -98.8028 11:43:20 46.2973 -98.3947 11:43:25 46.4772 -97.9837 11:43:30 46.6557 -97.5699 11:43:35 46.8328 -97.1532 11:43:40 47.0083 -96.7336 11:43:45 47.1824 -96.3111 11:43:50 47.3549 -95.8856 11:43:55 47.5258 -95.4572 11:44:00 47.6952 -95.0258 11:44:05 47.8631 -94.5915 11:44:10 48.0293 -94.1541 11:44:15 48.1938 -93.7137 11:44:20 48.3567 -93.2704 11:44:25 48.5180 -92.8239 11:44:30 48.6776 -92.3745 11:44:35 48.8354 -91.9220 11:44:40 48.9915 -91.4664 11:44:45 49.1459 -91.0078 11:44:50 49.2985 -90.5460 11:44:55 49.4493 -90.0812 11:45:00 49.5982 -89.6134 11:45:05 49.7454 -89.1424 11:45:10 49.8906 -88.6683 11:45:15 50.0340 -88.1911 11:45:20 50.1755 -87.7109 11:45:25 50.3151 -87.2275 11:45:30 50.4527 -86.7410 11:45:35 50.5883 -86.2514 11:45:40 50.7220 -85.7588 11:45:45 50.8536 -85.2630 11:45:50 50.9832 -84.7641 11:45:55 51.1107 -84.2622 11:46:00 51.2362 -83.7572 11:46:05 51.3595 -83.2491 11:46:10 51.4808 -82.7380 11:46:15 51.5998 -82.2239 11:46:20 51.7168 -81.7067 11:46:25 51.8315 -81.1865 11:46:30 51.9440 -80.6632 11:46:35 52.0543 -80.1370 11:46:40 52.1623 -79.6079 11:46:45 52.2680 -79.0758 11:46:50 52.3714 -78.5407 11:46:55 52.4726 -78.0028 11:47:00 52.5713 -77.4619 11:47:05 52.6677 -76.9182 11:47:10 52.7618 -76.3717 11:47:15 52.8534 -75.8224 11:47:20 52.9426 -75.2703 11:47:25 53.0293 -74.7155 11:47:30 53.1136 -74.1579 11:47:35 53.1954 -73.5977 11:47:40 53.2747 -73.0348 11:47:45 53.3514 -72.4693 11:47:50 53.4257 -71.9012 11:47:55 53.4973 -71.3306 11:48:00 53.5664 -70.7574 Perhaps someone with software capable of overlaying a detailed map with connected waypoints could do so with the above points. Btw, there are many other favorable ISS solar transit tracks that cross the U.S. over the weekend, so those with the necessary equipment to observe (or record!) such an event might want to contact me offline for cooordinates. Best, Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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