Please look into the southern sky tonight. At 7:42 pm the International Space Station will appear in the South Southwest and fly towards the ENE. It will look like a very bright moving star. It is as big as a football field and it's solar panels will be reflecting sunlight back to Earth. It will be visible for about 5 minutes and will soar about 30 degrees above the horizon. Following 1 minute behind (and a lot less reflective) will be the Space Shuttle Challenger. They have been docked together but are scheduled to undock today. The shuttle will follow in roughly the same path for a while before landing
Here is the NASA link that gives exact info on tonights viewing and others:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_States®ion=Connecticut&city=Hartford
Use a cell phone to monitor the exact time and find a hill that gives you as unobstructed a view as possible to the South and East.
Source: Private information
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