As Previewed, Long Beach Had Great View Of Int'l Space Station; See Eight-Second Open Shutter Digital Photo As Spacecraft Soared Overhead at 17,200 mph

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(June 20, 2015) -- Did you see it? As previewed on LBREPORT.com and reported on our front page, Long Beach (and likely L.A. and OC areas) had a bright, clear view of the International Space Station during a roughly four and a half minute window on Friday night June 19 (eight second time exposure below.)

The spacecraft, traveling at roughly 17,200 mph, rose in the NW sky shortly after 9:18 p.m.,climbed to an elevation of 72 degrees at about 9:22 p.m....and headed into the SE sky where it disappeaed at about 9:24 p.m.

Max Pearl (age 15) captured an eight-second open-shutter image as the Space Station was overhead.

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The photo below was captured as the Space Station was at roughly 70 degrees high, near its zenith. (Our roof line is visible in lower right corner.) A minute before this photo, the Space Station was above San Francisco; a minute after this photo, it was over the Gulf of California...all of it visible from the ground here in Long Beach.