05-01-2021, 08:35 PM
May 1
OK, get out your protective gear and elixirs, whatever they might be. The X-37B is back, relatively bright but also when the sky is not completely dark so I’m not sure how visible tonight. But that’s generally the point of top secret devices isn’t it? For your eyes only Mr. Bond:
7:08 PM
X-37B - the secret Air Force unmanned mini shuttle
Rises - SW, passes through the constellation Orion at 7:11. Watch out for the attack ships.*
Path - toward the NE
Magnitude - a relatively bright 1.6
7:52 PM
Hubble Space Telescope
Rises - WNW, passes near Mars at 7:56
Path - Toward the SE
Magnitude - 0.8
I saw Hubble last night, good and bright
For details:
https://www.heavens-above.com/main.aspx?lat=19.6025&lng=-154.9416&loc=HPP&alt=-7&tz=UCT10
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* I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. - From Blade Runner
OK, get out your protective gear and elixirs, whatever they might be. The X-37B is back, relatively bright but also when the sky is not completely dark so I’m not sure how visible tonight. But that’s generally the point of top secret devices isn’t it? For your eyes only Mr. Bond:
7:08 PM
X-37B - the secret Air Force unmanned mini shuttle
Rises - SW, passes through the constellation Orion at 7:11. Watch out for the attack ships.*
Path - toward the NE
Magnitude - a relatively bright 1.6
7:52 PM
Hubble Space Telescope
Rises - WNW, passes near Mars at 7:56
Path - Toward the SE
Magnitude - 0.8
I saw Hubble last night, good and bright
For details:
https://www.heavens-above.com/main.aspx?lat=19.6025&lng=-154.9416&loc=HPP&alt=-7&tz=UCT10
Scroll down to Daily Predictions For Brighter Satellites
* I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. - From Blade Runner