NASA Invites Us To Spot The Space Station Over Maine

What an amazing thing is must be to be aboard the International Space Station orbiting high above us all.  So to get us involved when it is flying over head NASA has set up a site to give you the location where you can most likely see them fly by. 

NASA's Spot The Station webpage gives all kinds of degrees and time viewable. Their instructions and the partial graph are below:

How do I Spot The Station?

What does all this sighting information mean?

Time is when the sighting opportunity will begin in your local time zone. All sightings will occur within a few hours before or after sunrise or sunset. This is the optimum viewing period as the sun reflects off the space station and contrasts against the darker sky.

Visible is the maximum time period the space station is visible before crossing back below the horizon.

Max Height is measured in degrees (also known as elevation). It represents the height of the space station from the horizon in the night sky. The horizon is at zero degrees, and directly overhead is ninety degrees. If you hold your fist at arm’s length and place your fist resting on the horizon, the top will be about 10 degrees.

Appears is the location in the sky where the station will be visible first. This value, like maximum height, also is measured in degrees from the horizon. The letters represent compass directions -- N is north, WNW is west by northwest, and so on.

Disappears represents where in the night sky the International Space Station will leave your field of view.

I have included some video tour so you can imagine the folks going by and wave.