Be careful if you wish upon a star this weekend! The star you're looking at just might be the international space station! The station will traverse the sky twice this holiday weekend. The first sighting will be possible Sunday morning at 5:43am and will last three minutes from the southern sky to the southeastern sky.On Labor Day the ISS will be seen at 6:04am and will last for two minutes. Look in the southwest sky this time.
How will you know you are looking at the ISS? While shooting stars/meteors move fast across the sky, the ISS will be moving rather slow. Just find a fixed star and focus on that. Your eye will be attracted to the movement of the ISS.
Click here for ISS viewing times for other locations across the USA. -ERIC
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