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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,853 posts) Wed Jul 12, 2017, 02:59 PM Jul 2017

Space Station transits full moon, seen from Florida's Space Coast at 2:58 a.m. (ET) Sunday morning

Retweeted by Christopher Becke: https://twitter.com/BeckePhysics

#SpotTheStation: @Space_Station #fullmoon / #ThunderMoon transit, seen from the Space Coast of #Florida at 2:58am (ET) Sunday morning.

Link to tweet

Further down, there's a link to this:

ISS transit finder

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Space Station transits full moon, seen from Florida's Space Coast at 2:58 a.m. (ET) Sunday morning (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2017 OP

That's great! PJMcK Jul 2017 #1

I saw it the first time a few months ago hibbing Jul 2017 #9

such amazing detail Alpeduez21 Jul 2017 #2

Who put a zipper on the Moon? tclambert Jul 2017 #3

Fake news! cactusfractal Jul 2017 #4

Zoom up angrychair Jul 2017 #5

That's really a bad copy of the Moon lunatica Jul 2017 #6

Nice! Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2017 #7

Rockledge guy here. skydive forever Jul 2017 #8

PJMcK

(22,102 posts)

1. That's great!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 12, 2017, 03:03 PM

Jul 2017

This site provides information on viewing the ISS:

http://iss.astroviewer.net/observation.php?lon=-74.0059731&lat=40.7143528&name=New%20York

I've seen it several times, the latest with a telescope. It's remarkable!

hibbing

(10,120 posts)

9. I saw it the first time a few months ago

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 19, 2017, 06:31 PM

Jul 2017

It is simply amazing watching it streak across the sky, mesmerizing.

Peace

Alpeduez21

(1,762 posts)

2. such amazing detail

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:37 PM

Jul 2017

I've never noticed those black marks making a line across the moon.

tclambert

(11,088 posts)

3. Who put a zipper on the Moon?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 13, 2017, 03:01 PM

Jul 2017

And what . . . is inside?

cactusfractal

(499 posts)

4. Fake news!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 13, 2017, 06:40 PM

Jul 2017

That's obviously a squadron of TIE fighters. Duh.

angrychair

(8,767 posts)

5. Zoom up

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:09 PM

Jul 2017

It looks like a bunch of TIE fighters

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

6. That's really a bad copy of the Moon

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jul 16, 2017, 01:43 PM

Jul 2017

Obviously they don't know how to use Photoshop.

Judi Lynn

(160,746 posts)

7. Nice! Thank you. n/t

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jul 17, 2017, 02:15 PM

Jul 2017

skydive forever

(449 posts)

8. Rockledge guy here.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 19, 2017, 09:13 AM

Jul 2017

So I'm not alone here in this red area of Florida?

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