The International Space Station (ISS) will be visible from Hawaii, weather permitting, at 6:32 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3 by looking low in the northeast portion of the sky.
Print out the star chart below and hold it overhead to get an idea of where to look.
This chart above shows the path of the satellite (blue line) across the sky Please note that East and West are NOT the 'wrong way round' if you hold the chart over your head to correspond to the view of the sky.
The highlighted circle is the region where the satellite is at least 10º above your horizon. The size of the circle depends on the height of the satellite. Solid part of orbit shows where the satellite is sunlit and the dashed part where it is in the Earth's shadow and invisible.
For more ISS tracks and tracking other satellites visit heavens-above.com
The space station, including its large solar arrays, spans the area of a U.S. football field, including the end zones, and weighs 861,804 pounds, not including visiting vehicles. The complex now has more livable room than a conventional five-bedroom house, and has two bathrooms, a gymnasium and a 360-degree bay window.
International Space Station Size & Mass
