Spot the Space Station

Hangin10 writes "According to Space.com, it's now the best time to see the space station orbit our globe. Wouldn't hurt to look! :)"

Semi-related - other stuff in the sky

[xmas2003]

I realize not related to the space station, but still looking up in the sky at night, the most obvious thing is the moon ... and we just had a lunar eclipse, although it was not visible to folks in America. For anyone interested, I shot a few nifty pictures of the November 8th, 2003 lunar eclipse [komar.org] and I even have some cool Aurora Boealis pictures [komar.org] from 10 days earlier when it got as far down South as Colorado.

Another cool thing is Iridium Flares which are bright flashes of reflected sunlight from the Iridium satellite solar panels for 5-20 seconds - here is an excellent writeup about those including how to predict 'em! [satobs.org]

More than just now.

[gmiller123456]

The space station is visible many times throughout the year. This website gives very accurate times for spotting it, and many, many other satellites.
http://www.heavens-above.com/

Station Location + Celestia

[brownpau]

Current ISS position, updated every minute. [nasa.gov]

Yesterday in the office: I had my iBook beside me, running Celestia [shatters.net]. Try this: Current time, realtime, Select ISS, Go to ISS, Sync Orbit. Maneuver a bit around the station till you're where the Destiny module window is, then adjust the viewpoint so you get a nice horizon view. (Or just Track Sol.) Then just leave it running. Voila: anytime you feel like seeing what the ISS crew can see from Destiny, just look at Celestia. :)

(Interestingly enough, comparing the Celestia ISS view with the Station Location website, I found that Celestia's synchronization is a teeny bit off, but not by much. Nice work!)

Good time in the US

[MrIrwin]

This ESA [heavens-above.com] page will give a personal timetable for ISS spotting.

ISS sun and moon crossings

[OneOver137]

Go here [sourceforge.net] to see when the ISS will cross in front of the moon or sun (use proper filtering on the sun!). Some results [sourceforge.net] showing considerable detail.