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The Hubble Space Telescope will be visible for us as well shortly. It's not as bright as the ISS but given its contribution to science, some might like to try and spot it. These are evening opportunities(*) and arbitrarily chose when it's brighter than 1st magnitude:
Friday April 8th:
Rises 19:30 WNW, 64 degrees above the horizon in the NNE at 19:34, sets in the E at 19:37.
Saturday April 9th:
Rises 19:21 WNW, 83 degrees above the horizon in the NNE at 19:25 (almost overhead), sets in the ESE at 19:28.
Sunday April 10th:
Rises 19:11 WNW, 74 degrees above the horizon in the SSW at 19:15, sets in the ESE at 19:19 (might be a tough one as the sky will still be relatively bright).
I'll check the tracks and update nearer the time if it's passing near a bright star or planet which may help find it.
(*) Times rounded to the nearest minute.
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Plots(*) that might help some spot the HST passes on April 8, 9 and 10th:
April 8th:
Sky plot:
http://goo.gl/rSUCVk
Ground track:
http://goo.gl/BHvenC
April 9th:
Sky plot:
http://goo.gl/2EqWyp
Ground track:
http://goo.gl/Lg2jxD
April 10th:
Sky plot:
http://goo.gl/t8aVlU
Ground track:
http://goo.gl/UF1SF0
I'll post a reminder nearer the time.
(*) Images courtesy of heavens-above.com
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A reminder as promised. The HST will be visible from Hawaii on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. Unfortunately the weather forecast isn't promising.
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I'm sure they thought of that. The protestors, on the other hand, liked to smear feces at the Visitor Center and threaten children. Your kind of people?
You really should try and be positive once in awhile PaulW, especially since your added info is usually wrong to begin with. The feces on the visitor center bathroom wall was not the doing of any aloha protectors( probably observatory tourists). The threats to the Hawaiian keiki were made from some astronomers(your kind of parasite's paulW), some of which also called them a bunch of uneducated native Savage's. I guess those uneducated natives were smart enough to know the law and want the laws to be followed. Where as The fine state of hawaii, university, dlnr,blnr,TMT, and politicians like the governor or mayor needed some strong reminders, jmo.
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Too cloudy to even bother trying to spot the HST tonight. The forecast for Saturday is a little better but still not promising. Sunday might be the best chance.
For Saturday night, if you can spot Jupiter at 19:26 (it's in the east and other than the moon will be the brightest object in the sky) the HST passes very close to it.
Careful Gypsy, you verging on stepping out of character, remember... jmo
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Not Puna related, apologies, but I can't even start explaining how hard this is to do. SpaceX rocket first stage successfully landing after helping deliver supplies to the ISS:
https://youtu.be/sYmQQn_ZSys
Just stunning.
