Awesome! Thanks y2karl.

No chance of catching it with the naked eye, I guess?

super awesome! Thanks for the heads up...literally!

darn. Probably overcast in NY tomorrow. thanks for the note karl. I remember you had posted something similar in the summer...

GNFI, catch it, no, but see it, yes.

Sweet--I've seen it with the naked eye on at least two occasions--unmistakable, if you know where and when to look.

I've seen both the station and shuttle with my naked eye before, maybe 5-6 years ago. It really is a spectacular feeling - it has to be clear and somewhat dark, of course.

I went out and looked just now--nada. Likely not dark enough and too overcast. Will try again tomorrow!

A little space station anecdote...

Y2karl posted this link back in July, too. I was in Tahoe on July 4th, and had looked up the sighting time earlier in the day. I was standing on the edge of the lake with about 200,000 other people when the space station came over the mountains and began to pass overhead (for a full three minutes). I turned to the guy next to me and said, "Look, I just have to tell somebody else that that's the space station," and I pointed it out to him. Other people overheard, and soon the entire crowd of people around me were looking up and pointing. It was fun to watch the news go through the crowd. And about 30 seconds after it disappeared from site, the fireworks started over the lake.

It was very, very cool, and a very memorable experience.

So thanks, Y2karl, for the continued reminders.

Based somewhat on this thread, I made a post over in Mefi - when you're looking up at the Space Station, they may be looking down at you!

GNFI, catch it, no, but see it, yes.

Oh, snap! :) Thanks.

Update for Seattleites - Weatherwise, tonight is looking like a better bet than tomorrow:

ISS Mon Dec 18/05:42 PM 2 16 10 above S 16 above SE

Starting near due South, one sixth of the way up the sky to the zenith--just above the treetops across the street here--it will go across to the southeast and then fade away.

You have about 15 minutes, so, go grab some binoculars and get out there.

Well, I seen it. But only for about a half minute--I had to walk into the street to see it and didn't get it in the binouclars in time. Dang.

It presented as a bright dot as per usual. Well, tomorrow, it will appear for three minutes, if it isn't cloudy, so there is that.

I saw it tonight! Even with DC's light pollution, it was two distinct objects. I grabbed my 12x binoculars, but didn't really see any more detail that what I could see with the naked eye. Thanks for pointing this out, y2karl!

I tracked it last night as well--through haze and a patch of fairly thick cirrocumulus clouds, at that.

It was one dot to the naked eye for me but I could see two dots in the binoculars.