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Star Chart for Fernwood, ID |
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Sunspot Activity
Space Weather |
Sunset: 6:41pm Sunrise: 6:36am DIY Sunspot Viewer |
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21% illuminated - Waxing Crescent Moon Moonrise: 11:11am (24-Sep-2017) New Moon: Thu, 19-Oct-2017 12:13pm PDT Full Moon: Thu, 05-Oct-2017 11:41am PDT |
Astronomy Fact
A cosmic year is the amount of time it takes the Sun to revolve around the center of the Milky Way, about 225 million years.
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Space Track-Satellite Passes
Notes about viewing ESVs:
When using lookangles, choose passes with high magnitudes; less than 6.0. ("Looks" are local time.)
Best viewing is when ESV is in Earth's penumbra; on the map, it's the solid line during night.
Dotted line on map denotes ESV is dark, in Earth's umbra (shadow).
Objects in orbit have to maintain a speed of at least 17,500mph, therefore ESVs traverse the sky noticeably different than aircraft.
ESVs appearing to blink are either tumbling rocket bodies, or spinning payloads with deployed solar arrays.
High-Eccentricity objects have a more ellongated orbit. Ground trace looks like a backwards C.
Regression-Ground traces will move West with each orbit due to Earth's rotation.
Script courtesy of: Lee from MadALwx. Page template and Facts script courtesy of: TNET Weather.
Page Template and Moon script courtesy of: Saratoga Weather.