[Drago]

Looks like the next best one for you (and me) is Monday evening...I dialed in Spokane, WA and this is the table:

Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.

16 Feb -1.9 18:40:40 10 NW 18:43:27 60 SW 18:45:43 14 SE

17 Feb 0.6 19:02:01 10 W 19:03:52 16 SW 19:05:43 10 S

18 Feb -2.1 17:46:55 10 NW 17:49:44 72 SW 17:52:31 10 SE

19 Feb 0.6 18:08:02 10 W 18:10:06 19 SW 18:12:10 10 S

Monday’s magnitude -2.1 is brighter than tonight’s pass...72 degrees off the horizon.

Pass Details
Date: Monday, 18 February, 2008
Satellite: ISS
Observer’s Location: Spokane, WA ( 36.8269°N, 119.7372°W)
Local Time: Pacific Standard Time (GMT - 8:00)
Orbit: 331 x 339 km, 51.6° (Epoch 16 Feb)
Sun altitude at time of
maximum pass altitude: -2.3°

Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km)
Rises above horizon 17:44:56 0° 309° (NW ) 2,103
Reaches 10° altitude 17:46:55 10° 307° (NW ) 1,268
Maximum altitude 17:49:43 72° 224° (SW ) 354
Drops below 10° altitude 17:52:32 10° 138° (SE ) 1,264
Sets 17:54:31 -0° 136° (SE ) 2,095

[Spunky]

"18 Feb -2.1 17:46:55 10 NW 17:49:44 72 SW 17:52:31 10 SE

Can you interpret where I have highligted in bold? I think it means 10 degrees North West etc? Is that correct?

[Spunky]

"18 Feb -2.1 17:46:55 10 NW 17:49:44 72 SW 17:52:31 10 SE

Can you interpret where I have highligted in bold? I think it means 10 degrees North West etc? Is that correct?

[Spunky]

I went outside at 5:40 p.m. last night to try and see it, but no luck. It was to bright on the horizon. But this morning at about 5:30 a.m. I saw a real bright light flood my bedroom. It was this. Very strange

FAA reports early morning flash in sky was meteor

SPOKANE, Wash.- Thousands of people in Northwest woke to a huge streaking flash in the sky early Tuesday morning. At around 5:30 a.m. KHQ began receiving reports of a bright flash in the sky. According to the Oregonian.com the Federal Aviation Administration, after talking to air traffic controllers, is reported the flash was a meteor.

Viewers began calling KHQ around 5:35 a.m. Tuesday to report what they saw. Those viewers called in from as far away as Clarkston, Lewiston, Republic, Wenatchee, Hayden and Troy, Idaho, and Missoula, Montana.

Various websites reported eyewitnesses all across the Northwest saying the flash looked like anything from summer lightning, a meteor, a rocket, a satellite, or just an exploding transformer. Several other viewers reported feeling a sonic boom moments after the flash in the sky.