lschofield.net » stargazing http://lschofield.net Lyle Schofield's Virtual Home Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:30:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Mostly Cloudy, with a Chance of Spacemen http://lschofield.net/2009/07/mostly-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-spacemen/ http://lschofield.net/2009/07/mostly-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-spacemen/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:11:46 +0000 Lyle http://lschofield.net/?p=92 Well, cloudy again.  But, a small break in the cloud allowed a few seconds of seeing the International Space Station.  And, this small break gave us enough of a bearing on its orbit that we could see it once or twice again in another break.

Kind of a geeky thing to get excited about, for sure.  But, it is magical watching that bright light arc across the sky and think about what it took to get it there.

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