CINCINNATI – Tri-State skies will have a visitor on Wednesday night as the International Space Station passes the Cincinnati area.
According to astronomer Dean Regas of the Cincinnati Observatory, the space station will come into view in the western sky of the region between 6:51 PM and 6:56 PM.
Viewers facing west should see what looks like a large, bright star moving up and to the right.
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“From Earth, ISS looks like a very bright, non-twinkling star moving slowly across the sky. Tonight it will look a few times brighter than the brightest star. If the sky is clear, you can’t miss it!” Regas wrote in an email on Wednesday.
According to WCPO 9 News meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark, Wednesday night’s forecast should provide ideal conditions to view the station pass for most parts of the Tri-State. The sun was expected to set at 5:46 PM on Wednesday with persistent partly cloudy to clear skies.
Visible without a telescope, Regas said looking west at 6:52 p.m.
According to NASA, the ISS has been in low Earth orbit for nearly 8,100 days.