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Star Chart for North Bend, WA |
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Sunspot Activity
Space Weather |
Sunset: 8:08pm Sunrise: 6:01am DIY Sunspot Viewer |
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70% illuminated - Waxing Gibbous Moon Moonrise: 2:16pm (24-Apr-2018) New Moon: Tue, 15-May-2018 4:48am PDT Full Moon: Sun, 29-Apr-2018 5:59pm PDT |
Astronomy Fact
The tallest mountain in the Solar System is Olympus Mons, on Mars at a height of about 15 miles, three times the height of Mount Everest. It covers an area about half the size of Spain.
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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.
