To view the ISS as it passes overhead -

I just went to the Heavens-Above website:

http://www.heavens-above.com/?lat=43.83453&lng=-68.55469&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET

to look for predicted times when the ISS can be viewed from where we live.

Is there anyone familiar with this who can explain to those interested how they can plan to look up in the sky and see the ISS when it passes overhead? I'm sure there are other websites that give this information as well.

If you know where in the sky to look and when to look it is quite visible and awe inspiring!

There are websites to help find your longitude and latitude. I used this one and found Waterville's :

http://www.convertunits.com/distance/city/Waterville,+ME

Latitude: 44.5519444
44° 33' 6" N
44 degrees, 33 minutes, 6 seconds North

Longitude: -69.6322222
69° 37' 56" W
69 degrees, 37 minutes, 56 seconds West

Hi I great site is to google - human tracking ISS - It ahs a wonderful world map showing the night and day lines and will tell you where all the satellites are and if you but in your zip code it will tell you when it will be over your house and also the Russian Ship debris as well.

Hi Robin! I just went to the site you said to google; it's great! It's available at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

Thanks! That is much easier than the other site posted.
Mary

Here are two links to some very neat updates going on aboard the ISS.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/

and:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Enjoy the updates!