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Originally Posted by Dave882
Great catch! What program are you using to predict upcoming transits?
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Ed Morana's ISS Transit Prediction (for Android phones only) to pinpoint a location for planetary transits. I found that Morana's app would change the precise location prediction (-/+50m) every time I ran it, despite the model and latest prediction files not changing. I had to make a best guess on where I should be exactly. It seems to be losing its reputation for accuracy. Unfortunately, it was the only tool I could find that does planetary transit predictions otherwise, you would have to correlate information gathered from various other sites (below) to plan it.
To confirm the sightings, trajectory and rough locations see:
- spotthestation.nasa.gov: Basic guide. Good starting point.
- transit-finder.com: Best for solar and lunar; Does Hubble and CSS too. Who saw Chuck's Astronomy live event last week where Chuck attempted to capture the ISS transit the moon? Only to find out later why the capture was not up to his usual standards, because it was the CSS not the ISS. He had a good laugh about it. A good sport.
- heavens-above.com: Provides a star map and magnitude info.
- iss.vierwandfrei.de: Does solar and lunar; Ground track too laid out on a maps.
- stellarium-web.org: I use it for the trajectory path.
