ISS may be visible Saturday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 14° above the southwest horizon at 5:43am, reach an elevation of 70° above the northwest horizon at 5:45am, and set in the northeast at 5:51am. Forecast currently predicts 59% cloud cover.

The International Space Station may be visible Thursday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 8° above the southern horizon at 5:40am, reach an elevation of 33° above the southeastern horizon at 5:43am, and set in the northeast at 5:49am. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 8:25pm, reach an elevation of 36° above the southwestern horizon at 8:30pm, and enter shadow 12° above the southeastern horizon at 8:33pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 8:50pm, reach an elevation of 62° above the southwestern horizon at 8:55pm, and enter shadow 35° above the southeastern horizon at 8:56pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 8:14pm, reach an elevation of 56° above the northern horizon at 8:19pm, and enter shadow 12° above the eastern horizon at 8:22pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 8:38pm, reach an elevation of 44° above the northern horizon at 8:44pm, and enter shadow 22° above the eastern horizon at 8:45pm. Forecast currently predicts 56% cloud cover.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 8:02pm, reach an elevation of 40° above the northern horizon at 8:07pm, and enter shadow 6° above the eastern horizon at 8:11pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

We're one hour from a SpaceX launch at Vandenberg which should be visible from San Francisco!, and lines up very nicely with sunset tonight. Look at a compass bearing of 154 degrees, and tune into the countdown from the SpaceX website.

I wrote up some general viewing tips: iss.sf.ca.us/vandenberg/

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 7:50pm, reach an elevation of 89° at 7:55pm, and enter shadow 4° above the eastern horizon at 7:59pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 8:50pm, reach an elevation of 60° above the northern horizon at 8:56pm, and enter shadow 34° above the northeastern horizon at 8:57pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The International Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the northwest at 7:54pm, reach an elevation of 39° above the southwest horizon at 8:00pm, and enter shadow 1° above the southeast horizon at 8:05pm. Forecast currently predicts 48% cloud cover.

The International Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the northwest at 8:39pm, reach an elevation of 76° at 8:45pm, and enter shadow 32° above the southeastern horizon at 8:46pm. Forecast currently predicts 64% cloud cover.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible Sunday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 54° above the western horizon at 5:44am, reach an elevation of 88° at 5:45am, and set in the east at 5:50am. Forecast currently predicts 32% cloud cover.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible Friday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 22° above the northwestern horizon at 6:06am, reach an elevation of 59° above the northern horizon at 6:08am, and set in the east at 6:13am. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible Wednesday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 12° above the northwestern horizon at 6:28am, reach an elevation of 45° above the northern horizon at 6:30am, and set in the east at 6:36am. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible Tuesday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 35° above the northwestern horizon at 5:52am, reach an elevation of 40° above the northern horizon at 5:53am, and set in the east at 5:58am. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The International Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 7:28pm, reach an elevation of 33° above the northwestern horizon at 7:33pm, and set in the northeast at 7:39pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The International Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the southwest at 8:11pm, reach an elevation of 58° above the northwestern horizon at 8:17pm, and enter shadow 13° above the northeastern horizon at 8:20pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible Thursday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 40° above the southern horizon at 6:00am, reach an elevation of 52° above the southeastern horizon at 6:00am, and set in the east at 6:06am. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The International Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 8:59pm, reach an elevation of 35° above the northwestern horizon at 9:04pm, and enter shadow 34° above the northern horizon at 9:05pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

There will be two opportunities to see spacecraft above the San Francisco Bay Area in the next 24 hours 🧵

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible Wednesday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 7° above the western horizon at 6:56am, reach an elevation of 87° at 7:00am, and set in the east at 7:05am. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The International Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the southwest at 8:09pm, reach an elevation of 41° above the southeastern horizon at 8:14pm, and enter shadow 25° above the eastern horizon at 8:16pm. Forecast currently predicts 45% cloud cover.

There will be two opportunities to see spacecraft above the San Francisco Bay Area in the next 24 hours 🧵

The International Space Station may be visible Tuesday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 25° above the northern horizon at 4:47am, reach an elevation of 27° above the northeastern horizon at 4:47am, and set in the east at 4:53am. Forecast calls for clear skies.

ISS may be visible Monday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 13° above the northwest horizon at 5:31am, reach an elevation of 41° above the northeast horizon at 5:34am, and set in the southeast at 5:40am. Forecast currently predicts 54% cloud cover.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 6:46pm, reach an elevation of 46° above the southwestern horizon at 6:52pm, and enter shadow 13° above the southeastern horizon at 6:54pm. Forecast currently predicts 23% cloud cover.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 6:08pm, reach an elevation of 66° above the northern horizon at 6:14pm, and enter shadow 5° above the eastern horizon at 6:18pm. Forecast currently predicts 29% cloud cover.

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will rise in the west at 7:07pm, reach an elevation of 83° at 7:12pm, and enter shadow 45° above the southeastern horizon at 7:13pm. Forecast calls for clear skies.

The International Space Station may be visible Friday morning as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 19° above the southwestern horizon at 5:51am, reach an elevation of 88° at 5:53am, and set in the northeast at 5:58am. Forecast currently predicts 28% cloud cover.