One of the cool things one can do when the sky is clear when you are out in the
country and away from man-made lights is to view the stars and large man-made
satellites. There are several objects that are in orbit but some are low in the
sky as seen from 36 N latitude. The brightest objects are the International
Space Station and the Hubble Telescope.  

TIMES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND HUBBLE TELESCOPE.

The ISS can be seen over North Western Carolina and Upper East Tennessee at the
times and directions shown below:
 
  Date         Time(ET)     Duration Visible    Max Elev	Direction
                              (Minutes)         (Degrees)
16 May (Thu)    5:45 AM           4                80           SSW-->ENE

17 May (Fri)    4:58 AM           2                38             S-->E

18 May (Sat)    5:43 AM		  5		   34		  W-->NNE

19 May (Sun)    4:55 AM		  3		   63		WSW-->NNE  		
 
(Note: These visibility times are extracted from the NASA Sightings web site.)

    If you want to obtain visibility times for the ISS and Hubble Telescope at 
a different location check out the following sites:

    NASA's Human Spaceflight Site   NASA SPACEFLIGHT SITE 

    Spaceweather's site --- Satellite Flybys. Insert the observational zipcode  Flyby Site 
  

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