CINCINNATI – The tri-state skies will have a visitor Wednesday night as the International Space Station passes over the Cincinnati area.
The space station will be seen between 6:51 p.m. and 6:56 p.m. in the region’s western sky, according to Cincinnati Observatory astronomer Dean Regas.
Facing west, spectators should see what appears to be a large, bright star moving up and to the right.
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“From Earth, the ISS looks like a very bright, unblinking star that moves slowly across the sky. Tonight it will look several times brighter than the brightest star. If the sky is clear, you can’t miss it. ! ” Regas wrote in an email Wednesday.
According to WCPO 9 News meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark, the forecast for Wednesday evening should adjust to the ideal conditions for seeing the passage of the station in most parts of Trieste. It is estimated that the sun would set on Wednesday at 17:46 with a partly cloudy and clear sky.
Visible without a telescope, Regas said he would look west at 6:52 p.m.
According to NASA, the ISS has been in low Earth orbit for about 8,100 days.