Couple hours belated, but that would be when I got word the
International Space Station was going to be visible where I live, last night just after sunset.
Super good timing. I have 15 min to get ready - nothing else going on. Plenty of time to set up cameras, work out the plot (so I could be already looking in the right part of the sky when it passes) and get my Daughter situated in her cold weather gear. She's getting into space stuff - probably because I nerd out everyday about some object in the sky.
They were way wrong about where it would be (in terms of degree/height) but dead on about when it peaked and started rising & setting - 15 degrees above the horizon they said.
Nope!
60 degrees, probably more. Way up. I was looking the wrong way too at first - not a problem. You simply couldn't have missed it if you tried. When it popped up it was unmistakable - its the size of a football field now in terms of reflective surface. The thing flew so directly OVER MY HOUSE that I was able to watch it for pretty much the whole run.
Seeing it with my own eyes like that... F YEA
I told my Daughter and Wife that it is the most expensive thing Man has ever built (and it is). I didn't bother with photos. Tried to get a little video - it came out like crap. I don't care. I got to just watch the thing buzz us.
It felt like a frigging private show "HEEEEEEYY ASROJAPANMANAUTS!!!!!"