With NASA predicting UARS will reenter between the 22nd and 24th I checked and found that during that time UARS will make several passes over Utah: 22 Sep 05:41:27 10 WNW 05:42:57 20 SW 05:44:23 10 S 22 Sep 21:33:45 10 SW 21:35:40 55 NW 21:37:37 10 NE 23 Sep 05:15:50 10 WNW 05:17:18 21 SW 05:18:45 10 S 23 Sep 21:06:40 10 SW 21:08:35 67 NW 21:10:33 10 NE 24 Sep 04:48:03 10 WNW 04:49:36 24 SW 04:51:04 10 S 24 Sep 20:37:28 10 SW 20:39:23 85 SW 20:41:22 10 NE Only the first part of the last pass on the 24th would be visible under normal conditions (ie UARS in daylight and us in darkness) but it would be plainly visible during any of those passes should it decide to deorbit over Utah. Chances of that, of course, are VERY small. Odds are it will come down over some vast expanse of ocean or uninhabited wilderness. But we can always hope... :) patrick
Hi Patrick, I'm figuring even though the chance is so small, it is so easy and nice just to stand outside and watch the sky for a short period of time, I might as well be looking while these passes happen. Could you help me interpret the table, are these Zulu times, or local time? Do the angle measurements indicate it would appear, if visible, to be moving from the western horizon to the eastern horizon? Thanks! Ian On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
With NASA predicting UARS will reenter between the 22nd and 24th I checked and found that during that time UARS will make several passes over Utah:
22 Sep 05:41:27 10 WNW 05:42:57 20 SW 05:44:23 10 S 22 Sep 21:33:45 10 SW 21:35:40 55 NW 21:37:37 10 NE 23 Sep 05:15:50 10 WNW 05:17:18 21 SW 05:18:45 10 S 23 Sep 21:06:40 10 SW 21:08:35 67 NW 21:10:33 10 NE 24 Sep 04:48:03 10 WNW 04:49:36 24 SW 04:51:04 10 S 24 Sep 20:37:28 10 SW 20:39:23 85 SW 20:41:22 10 NE
Only the first part of the last pass on the 24th would be visible under normal conditions (ie UARS in daylight and us in darkness) but it would be plainly visible during any of those passes should it decide to deorbit over Utah.
Chances of that, of course, are VERY small. Odds are it will come down over some vast expanse of ocean or uninhabited wilderness.
But we can always hope... :)
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Hi Ian, The predicted times keep changing as the thing runs into more atmosphere, drops lower and speeds up. Here's where I'm getting my predictions for this area: http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?showAll=t&satid=21701&lat=40.6... A long URL so make sure your browser uses all of it. I just checked and there are only three passes remaining: One this morning (Thursday) from 05:37-05:40 low NW to S, one this evening 21:26-21:30 SW to overhead to NE and one tomorrow morning 05:05-05:08 low NW to SE. patrick On 21 Sep 2011, at 14:07, Ian Glenn wrote:
Hi Patrick,
I'm figuring even though the chance is so small, it is so easy and nice just to stand outside and watch the sky for a short period of time, I might as well be looking while these passes happen.
Could you help me interpret the table, are these Zulu times, or local time? Do the angle measurements indicate it would appear, if visible, to be moving from the western horizon to the eastern horizon?
Thanks!
Ian
Hey Patrick, I've found a cool web site that will shorten those long URLs to something much more compact -- it's called tinyurl.com and it's free. -- Best wishes, Joe ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] UARS over Utah Hi Ian, The predicted times keep changing as the thing runs into more atmosphere, drops lower and speeds up. Here's where I'm getting my predictions for this area: http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?showAll=t&satid=21701&lat=40.6... A long URL so make sure your browser uses all of it. I just checked and there are only three passes remaining: One this morning (Thursday) from 05:37-05:40 low NW to S, one this evening 21:26-21:30 SW to overhead to NE and one tomorrow morning 05:05-05:08 low NW to SE. patrick On 21 Sep 2011, at 14:07, Ian Glenn wrote:
Hi Patrick,
I'm figuring even though the chance is so small, it is so easy and nice just to stand outside and watch the sky for a short period of time, I might as well be looking while these passes happen.
Could you help me interpret the table, are these Zulu times, or local time? Do the angle measurements indicate it would appear, if visible, to be moving from the western horizon to the eastern horizon?
Thanks!
Ian
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Space.com is reporting that NASA has ruled-out North America as the re-entry zone. We're out of luck. Hopefully someone somewhere else in the world gets video.
Actually it's slowed down considerably and now it's anyone's guess, so it might be worth tracking. Craig On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Space.com is reporting that NASA has ruled-out North America as the re-entry zone. We're out of luck.
Hopefully someone somewhere else in the world gets video.
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