ISS and Venus coming up

[ThunderChild]

Just read the following and thought some of you may be interested...

On the Morning of Monday 20th March (Melbourne and Sydney) or Sunday 19th March (Adelaide and Hobart) the International Space Station will
glide past Venus.

Times:
Adelaide: 19 March Closest approach 6:18 ACDST, Mag 0.7
Hobart: 19 March Closest approach 5:13 AEDST, Mag 0.6
Melbourne: 20 March Closest approach 5:38 AEDST, Mag 0.6
Sydney: 20 March Closest approach 5:40 AEDST, Mag 0.7

Cheers,
Chris

[janoskiss]

what min. separation?

[ThunderChild]

Here was my source :
http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2006/03/see-venus-and-iss-in-southern.html

[ThunderChild]

Or go here :
http://home.mira.net/~reynella/skywatch/ssky.htm#Flare

Select your city and it will put out a table of dates. Clicking on a date will give you a map for your location. :D