Space shuttle and space station

This is a horrible picture I took of STS 118 and space shuttle early this morning. I've been following the thing for years and recently it's getting much brighter (as they pile on more stuff). It was listed at -3.3 magnitude this morning (that's really bright).

I have www.heavens-above.com on my bookmarks. You can go there and punch in Pinedale and get the scheduled passes in this area. The shuttle always arrives on time and is spectacular to watch streak across the sky. The next good bright sighting is Sept 8th beginning at 8:46 p.m. You'll see it rise in the southwest sky, then rise to 75 degrees (nearly overhead) at 8:49, that will occur in the southeast sky, then it will disappear 10 degrees above the horizon at 8:51 in the east northeast part of the sky. That site has lots of other satellites that are visible in this area, also has comets that you can see with binoculars etc. For those of you who can tear away from the TV screen for a few minutes will be happy you did.

I'll put in another post just after this one on how to get through "heavens above" site and arrive at Pinedale's viewing schedule (or if you're from Texas you can punch in your hometown)