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Lompoc, California, USA
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Rocket launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched - good from here
Lifted off 11:32 AM
In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.
Satellite
Tiangong space station
Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE
Rose 6:21 AM
Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.
Satellite
International Space Station
Bright pass, WNW to SSE
Rose 7:25 PM
Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.
Milky Way
Milky Way
Poor viewing
Visible from 8:09 PM
The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.
That morning
Sunrise
Low
6:56 AM
Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 16 camera photos of past sunrises at Big Sur, California, USA, 219 km away.
Sunset
Very Low
6:45 PM
Moon
Waning gibbous
70% lit
9:16 PM – 12:38 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
How this day turned out
Moon, waning gibbous
Sunrise
Sunset
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