Last night at about 5:40 PM, ISS and the shuttle made a flyby....The veiw was fantastic..............ISS rose in the north west and about 5 degrees right behind was the shuttle. Both had a mag. of about -2 to -1. There highest altitude was about 60 degrees. They set in the south/east. Total observation time was about 10 minutes.........................

Did anybody else see this......................

There is also a flyby this evenning...............ISS will rise in the north west at 6:01, will cross at zenith at 6:05 and set in the South east at 6:11 pm at Mag -3.1..............Very Bright.....................

Saw the ISS/Shuttle in tandem Thursday in Kansas with relatives - everyone oo'd and awe'd (don't think they'd observed this before). Observed ISS last night from Van Buren. The advertised magnitude was 3+ and so was somewhat disappointed initially when its' brightness was somewhat less than that of Jupiter - but kept watching and shortly after it past the zenith it began to brighten. Wow, did it get bright! Great show.
Mike

I had gone to Fayetteville to be with my brother and his family for Thanksgiving. I got home at about 5:30 and unloaded my car then let my little dog out back. As I walked to the edge of the patio, I noticed a bright "star" in the east. My first thought was, "Well, it can't be Jupiter, wrong part of the sky." Then I realized it was moving! Then I realized the smaller "star" about 4-5° to the upper left was moving too! The light flickered on (too much turkey and pumpkin pie for it to flash on) and I realized I was watching the ISS and the shuttle as the arced southeast toward the Florida coast.

I have seen them several times as they orbited seperately but never in tandem like this before.

Very cool!

This was the first time I saw both of them (Seperated) in the sky at once...........real neat...............

What make it even neater is that a FREE application on my Apple Ipod touch ( and Iphone) will accurately predict the rising and setting times & location of the forty bightest satelites up to a year in advance............ and will even plot the flyby orbit on a star field in real time..........no more wondering "What satelite is that?" at star parties.

(a $2.00 Paid application will do 1000 satelites)