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ISS Transit of September 24, 2015 over Northwestern Italy

Overhead ISS Transit

On September 24th, 2015, it was a crystal clear night over Northern Italy. The day before I had come across the news (wonders of Facebook  ) that a transit of the International Space Station (ISS) would take place almost overhead during the morning twilight. The ISS was expected to cut straight across the entire sky dome, passing very close to the local zenith, for a total transit duration of about six minutes (from 6:23 to 6:29 CEST). Had I known about […]

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