Shuttle passes of NW New Jersey Tonight (@ 7:12pm) and this weekend

Tonight: Thursday the space station will come out of the SW (at 7:12) and head overhead passing the bright star Vega and then disappear (at 7:17) into the Earth's shadow just after it passes by the constellation Cassiopeia (see chart above).  For more information (times /directions and star charts) on tonight's pass and other passes the next few nights: click on the link: http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=41.033&lng=-74.639&loc=Sparta&alt=254&tz=EST   or click on Heavens Above link to the right of this site.

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