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 Tonight's Sky |
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Your Sky planets and constellations on Fri, 27-Feb-2026 04:41pm CST
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Sunspot Activity
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Sunset: 6:14 PM Sunrise: 7:03 AM DIY Sunspot Viewer |
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85% illuminated - Waxing Gibbous Moon Moonrise: 2:08 PM (27-Feb-2026) New Moon: Wed, 18-Mar-2026 8:24pm CDT Full Moon: Tue, 03-Mar-2026 5:39am CST |
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Astronomy Fact
When you look at the Andromeda galaxy (which is 2.3 million light years away), the light you are seeing took 2.3 million years to reach you. Thus you are seeing the galaxy as it was 2.3 million years ago.
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Space Track-Satellite Passes
When using lookangles, choose passes with high magnitudes; less than 6.0. ("Looks" are local time.)
Best viewing is when ESV is in Earth's penumbra; on the map, it's the solid line during night.
Dotted line on map denotes ESV is dark, in Earth's umbra (shadow).
Objects in orbit have to maintain a speed of at least 17,500mph, therefore ESVs traverse the sky noticeably different than aircraft.
ESVs appearing to blink are either tumbling rocket bodies, or spinning payloads with deployed solar arrays.
High-Eccentricity objects have a more ellongated orbit. Ground trace looks like a backwards C.
Regression-Ground traces will move West with each orbit due to Earth's rotation.
Page template and Facts script courtesy of: TNET Weather on Weather-Watch.
Page Template and Moon script courtesy of: Saratoga Weather.
Graph base code courtesy of: jpGraph.
