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This is a good month for spaceship spotting.

FLYBY ALERT: This is a good month for spaceship spotting.

On May 1st, the International Space Station (ISS) begins a 4-week series of bright flybys over North America and Europe.

In early May, the ISS joins Jupiter and the stars of the Summer Triangle in a glittering pre-dawn sky. Later in the month, increasingly-frequent flybys shift to evening hours and the ISS will be crossing paths with Saturn, the Moon and Mars. US and Canadian readers, check this Simple Satellite Flybys tool to find out when to look: http://spaceweather.com/flybys .

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The International Space Station is the largest and most complex international scientific project in history. And when it is complete just after the turn of the century, the the station will represent a move of unprecedented scale off the home planet. Led by the United States, the International Space Station draws upon the scientific and technological resources of 16 nations: Canada, Japan, Russia, 11 nations of the European Space Agency and Brazil. more
Zip: 89408 Location: Fernley, Nevada Latitude: 39.6 Longitude: -119.2
  May 1, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 1 03:00:33 am ENE 03:04:46 44° 3.9 (dim)
  May 2, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 1 02:58:00 am NNE 03:02:19 50° 3.7 (dim)
  Genesis 2 04:20:14 am S 04:23:28 33° 4.5 (dim)
  May 3, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 1 02:55:24 am N 02:59:43 48° 3.7 (dim)
  Genesis 2 04:18:24 am S 04:21:53 48° 3.7 (dim)
  May 4, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 1 02:52:45 am N 02:56:58 41° 4.0 (dim)
  Genesis 2 04:16:29 am SSW 04:20:36 70° 3.2 (dim)
  ISS 04:41:36 am SSW 04:43:58 65° -2.8 (very bright)
  May 5, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 1 02:50:04 am NNW 02:54:07 34° 4.5 (dim)
  Genesis 2 04:14:30 am SSW 04:18:39 82° 3.0 (visible)
  ISS 05:03:26 am W 05:05:39 36° -1.7 (very bright)
  May 6, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 1 02:47:20 am NNW 02:50:38 28° 4.9 (dim)
  ISS 03:53:49 am E 03:56:11 54° -2.5 (very bright)
  Genesis 2 04:12:27 am WSW 04:16:32 57° 3.4 (dim)
  May 7, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 2 04:10:19 am W 04:13:45 41° 4.1 (dim)
  ISS 04:15:29 am WNW 04:17:43 38° -1.8 (very bright)
  May 8, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 2 04:08:09 am W 04:11:21 30° 4.7 (dim)
  May 9, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 2 02:30:05 am E 02:33:21 27° 5.0 (dim)
  ISS 03:27:10 am N 03:29:25 30° -1.3 (very bright)
  May 10, 2008          
  Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude
  Genesis 2 02:27:49 am ENE 02:31:49 33° 4.5 (dim)

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