I spotted the International Space Station! I walked to a field where I would have little obscurity from buildings/trees, took out my trusty compass, and double checked these directions:
LOCAL DURATION APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)
Wed Feb 03 07:12 AM 10 above S 13 above SSE
LOCAL DURATION APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)
Wed Feb 03 07:12 AM 10 above S 13 above SSE
It was still quite dark and since this was the third attempt at sighting it, I took my small laptop with me and turned on the program Stellarium which was able to map out degrees and directions accurately. To be honest, it just looked like a normal satellite. But the point was, it wasn't. It was so nice to watch it go by.
I even waved...
