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ISS Spotter is something you might like.
In Response To: Hard to keep up 
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() ISS Spotter is a free app that tracks the International Space Station and will tell you when there is a good pass even giving you an alarm when it's about to appear. We love to watch the ISS fly overhead. The best time is just before it gets completely dark. You can see it as a very bright object that takes about 3 minutes from horizon to horizon. We watched the Space Shuttle approaching the ISS appearing as 2 extremely bright objects racing through the sky about an inch apart while we were sitting at anchor along the Mexican coast, awesome.
The application even has an arrow to show you the direction it will appear. We've been using it and it's spot on. It's one of the only Ipad apps I've sent a donation to.
Messages In This Thread
- What will I do with all the free space in my chart drawer, now that I have an Ipad?
- iPad all - Garmin Bluechart
- Here are the ones we use for navigation
- Hard to keep up
- ISS Spotter is something you might like.
- That one looks good too. Thanks Dan.
- Hard to keep up
- Well, maybe not....
- It's funny to hear the CG these days say, "Do you have a cell phone?"
- Maybe I'm old fashioned....
- Also old fashoned
- A handheld GPS is a good investment
- Me 3
- Hand held GPS, which got me across the gulf of Mexico twice and all through the Bahamas, paper charts
- Sounds like you're using them. Truth is, I haven't penciled a bearing, drawn a course/speed line, in years.
- I've read that the military isn't using paper anymore
- Almost took up drafting mid life. Wanted to draw on my past experiences but the details were too sketchy..
- Sounds like you're using them. Truth is, I haven't penciled a bearing, drawn a course/speed line, in years.
- It's funny to hear the CG these days say, "Do you have a cell phone?"
- iPad all - Garmin Bluechart
