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Josef Ch
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    Great, thanks, Bob. See you tonight.

    Bill and John shared with me info about ISS pass tonight. Here is what I found from http://www.heavens-above.com/
    I will go slowly from West(20:09), through Bootes(20:13), maximum will be above Big Dipper, later passing Polaris, it'll disappear in Perseus(20:16).
    Date: 29 September 2017
    Orbit: 401 x 408 km, 51.6? (Epoch: 30 September)
    Event                       Time Altitude Azimuth       Distance (km) Brightness Sun altitude
    Rises                       20:09:10 0?   253? (WSW) 2,315 1.2 -14.3?
    Reaches altitude 10? 20:11:17 10? 260? (W)     1,459 0.1 -14.7?
    Maximum altitude   20:14:27 46? 335? (NNW)   552   -2.9 -15.2?
    Enters shadow         20:16:29 19? 43? (NE)       1,028 -2.1 -15.6?