Want to take a break from all of the COVID-19 stress and see the International Space Station streak across the sky over Beaufort tonight?
Sounds good to us!
The space station will be visible for a whopping six minutes starting at 8:06pm, according to the Spot the Station website that tracks the ISS whereabouts.
The station will be visible to the naked eye starting in the southwestern sky and moving toward the northeast. It will look like a bright and fast-moving plane. This evening’s clear skies should make it quite easy to spot.
The space station’s highest elevation will be at 87 degrees. (The horizon is at 0 degrees and straight overhead is 90 degrees.) So it will be high in the night sky after about halfway through it’s overhead pass.
Spot the Station says the best times to view the space station are when the sun’s rays around sunrise or sunset can reflect off of it in a dark sky.
And tonight’s weather forecast also will work in our favor: Skies should be nice and clear, according to the National Weather Service.
The ISS circles the Earth every 90 minutes at about 17,500 miles per hour, and it passes over Beaufort quite often. Save the link above to see other times you can look at it.
