HARRISBURG, Pa. — Right as the sun sets just before dinner time through the rest of the week, there will be a chance to see the International Space Station over our heads.
We'll struggle with cloud cover for Wednesday, which has one of the longest time frames to see the space station at a six-minute duration around 5:47PM. That's a rare longer time window to see it.
Every other potential sighting through the rest of the week will be less than three minutes.
When you look to the sky, look for a bright light moving pretty quickly through the sky. It will not have any blinking lights and will be moving in a straight, smooth, consistent line.
The below information is courtesy of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA).
Wednesday's timeframe starts at 5:47PM looking 10° above the horizon to the WNW. The station will disappear towards the SSE.
Thursday will give you a much briefer view of the station at only two minutes. It will appear 32° above the horizon in the SE and will stay in that direction, simply moving from 32° to 12° above the horizon.
Blink and you'll miss Friday at less than a minute of visibility. Look to the SSW at 10° before it's gone at 13° above the horizon.
Saturday is back at 2 minutes of viewing, starting at 22° in the SSW and ending at 10° S.
There will be two other opportunities to see the station in our area on Thursday, December 17th at 6:35AM and Saturday, December 19th at 6:35AM.
