International Space Station Smiles in Chandigarh Sky

The cosmic world has always tickled in each one of us the child-like inquisitiveness and fascination. Occasionally, the atronomical bodies has made their appearance before us leaving us in awe and wonder to the majestical universe we are a part of. What happens if a man-made heavenly body joins the crew and waves us from the sky above our own city?

NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) is hovering above Chandigarh these days. According to NASA’s Spot the Station, the space station will be in sight in Chandigarh till December 2, 2016. It can be witnessed as a bright glowing star passing at a significant speed.

Spot the Station has maintained that the following ISS sightings are possible in Chandigarh from Friday Nov 25, 2016 through Wednesday Dec 14, 2016:

Date Visible Max Height Appears Disappears
Mon Nov 28, 6:28 PM 4 min 41° 10° above SSW 35° above E
Tue Nov 29, 5:40 PM 1 min 17° 17° above ESE 11° above E
Tue Nov 29, 7:14 PM 1 min 24° 18° above W 24° above WNW
Wed Nov 30, 6:23 PM 3 min 56° 34° above WSW 22° above NNE
Thu Dec 1, 7:08 PM 1 min 12° 10° above NW 11° above NNW
Fri Dec 2, 6:15 PM 4 min 20° 16° above WNW 10° above NNE

The ISS revolves around the earth at a distance of just 400 kilometers and at a speed of at 8 km/second. That makes 15 revolutions around the earth in a day. Due to its closer proximity to the earth, it can be seen in naked eye. Earlier this month November 2, 2016 marked 16 years of humans living and working continuously aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Earlier, the ISS had made the people in Shimla ecstatic when it smiled in the evening sky there.

If you happen to see a fast moving light in the sky, don’t be mistaken to ignore it as an ordinary aircraft. It can be the International Space Station!

 

Image Credits: Google Images 

Ratisha: A woman with varied interests, from geeky technology to serene poetry, but with a solitary passion to play with words. Ratisha is educated in sociology, psychology and human rights, that has sensitized her well to talk about all topics of human concern. She has been writing for many nationally and internationally acclaimed e-magazines and news portals including The Huffington Post, (United States) among others. When not writing, she is either found brushing strokes on a canvas or peering through her glasses into a novel.
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