ISS to Eclipse Jupiter

MasterLock writes "If you are in the Eastern US take a moment tonight (13 May 2004) around 9:30 PM EDT to step outside and watch an eclipse of Jupiter by the International Space Station. Details at NASA."

Comments

Jerry Bruckheimer version

[Anonymous Coward]

I, for one, look forward to the sky lighting up and hearing the deafening blast from the collision of the ISS and Jupiter.

Cool

[krymsin01]

This would be cool if the forcast wasn't calling for it to be completely overcast tonight where I live. Thanks a lot, damn sky!

RTFA

[Anonymous Coward]

The article says

Although Jupiter and the space station will seem close together, they're really far apart. Jupiter is 753 million km from Earth this week, while the space station is in Earth orbit, only about 400 km above you.

Which makes you wonder what kind of moronic questions NASA routinely gets.

Re:RTFA

[Anonymous Coward]

So during the eclipse, is the space station swallowing Jupiter or are they just running into each other?
When will the space station hit the moon?

Re:Observing the ISS.

[Otter]

That brings me to the question, do any real or amateur astronomers care to share what equipment they will be using to view the eclipse?

In my case, it will be an indignantly protesting wife and the free binoculars she got at a conference a few years ago. Results will probably not be worthy of publication, except as a movie on the Lifetime network after she kills me and then tells the jury about my dragging her out of bed to watch the Leonid showers two winters ago.