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[voronx]

Did you know, if you live near me, you can see the International Space Station and Space shuttle tonight? They will be quite bright -- as bright as Jupiter, the really bright "star" to the south after the sun sets ("first star I see tonight").

For Baltimore:
SATELLITE------------- LOCAL ----------DURATION---MAX ELEV------APPROACH------- DEPARTURE
-------------------- DATE/TIME ----------(MIN)---- (DEG) -------(DEG-DIR)------ (DEG-DIR)
ISS/Shuttle --- Fri Jul 07/09:12 PM --- 3 min --- 37 deg --- 32 above WSW --- 12 above SSE
ISS/Shuttle --- Sat Jul 08/09:34 PM --- 2 min --- 11 deg --- 10 above WSW --- 10 above SSW

for DC:
ISS/Shuttle --- Fri Jul 07/09:12 PM --- 3 min --- 41 deg --- 39 above WSW --- 10 above SSE
ISS/Shuttle --- Sat Jul 08/09:34 PM --- 2 min --- 12 deg --- 11 above WSW --- 10 above SSW

for Burke, VA
ISS/Shuttle --- Fri Jul 07/09:12 PM --- 3 min --- 43 deg --- 41 above WSW --- 10 above SSE
ISS/Shuttle --- Sat Jul 08/09:34 PM --- 2 min --- 12 deg --- 12 above WSW --- 10 above SSW

other places can be found here:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States

or
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html

Oh, and Pirates II comes out today -- woohoo!