Hi Kurt, Your post arrived just as I pressed "Send" on my post. Interesting that we would both describe the initial appearance so similarly. I'll be interested to see if anyone else on the list had a similar experience. BTW, for those who might be interested, CalSky will send subscribers notices about ISS passes (and lots of other things) calculated for the subscriber's exact location. While NASA does the same thing for ISS and STS they are much more conservative about their predictions so, for example, I did hear from CalSky about this evening's pass but not from NASA. Sign up for free CalSky alerts at http://www.calsky.com. patrick On 31 Oct 2010, at 18:49, Canopus56 wrote:

Rodger, I went out at 6:25 and saw the overflight at 6:27 (universal cell phone time). It was a bright, dramatic daylight overflight with good contrast against the early civil twilight sky. The main trick was that I could not see the approach. It sort of "winked on" near culimation. That's for the head's up, Patrick. - "Killer Death From Above" Kurt (Yeh, it's Halloween)