Just saw this Daryl, I didn't think to post it here. Glad you did.
Some tips for using the "Heavens Above" site to get coordinates/times/etc. for locations in North America, or anywhere else: (that's just the one I've been using, people can certainly use the others)
1) go to
http://www.heavens-above.com/2) to be an anonymous user, click on the blue
Select link at bottom center.
3) at the next page, click on your country's name
4) at the next page, type in your city, and click the "Submit" button
5) at the next page, click on the blue name of your town on the left side. There may be more than one listed -- I live in Greenville NC, and when I type in "Greenville" there are 53 choices! There's a Greenville in nearly every state, and more than one in some states, evidently.
6) at the next page, under "Satellites", click on the "10 day predictions for:
ISS" link. (ISS = International Space Station)
7) the next page shows times and coordinates for the next 10 days for your location. You might want to bookmark it, so you can come back to it again without having to go through steps 1 thru 6 again.
8) click on the blue date links on the left side of the table ("
25 Jul", "
26 Jul", etc.) to get a sky chart showing the path of the ISS for that particular date and time in your location.
Enjoy!
(note: when looking at the magnitude numbers, bear in mind that the lower the number, the brighter the object. Venus has a magnitude of -4, the Moon's magnitude is -12.6, and the sun's magnitude is -26.72. The ISS's magnitude will vary on different passes.)
[ July 26, 2002, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: John ]