Space Station Spotting
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ali4390 said:
Eric Mc said:
Good pass coming up just now.
Will this be what I've just seen then? Looked like a star but moving across the sky at more like the speed of a plane. Was probably viewable for a couple of minutes before disappearing behind clouds, definitely was not a plane though!central said:
Nice. Cloudy yesterday, still not seen it for a good few occasions due to weather.11mm though? Interesting.
Eric Mc said:
Even though Heavens Above didn't list the 8.36 pm pass as a visible one, it was easily seen tonight against a deep blue sky background.
Try this Eric http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=25544 using its predictions I went out to have a look not expecting to see much if anything and then when I could see it easily rushed back in to grab my camera and then filmed it (rather wobbly !)till it disappeared behind the roof, by which time it was over mid Germany, still amazing after 2 years of watching.Total loss said:
Try this Eric http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=25544 using its predictions I went out to have a look not expecting to see much if anything and then when I could see it easily rushed back in to grab my camera and then filmed it (rather wobbly !)till it disappeared behind the roof, by which time it was over mid Germany, still amazing after 2 years of watching.
I've used Heavens Above for a while but this one looks excellent. I like all the details it gives and the mapping/distance etc. tool. Thanks for linking.ISS Spotter is good for iPhone, smart alerts can notify you of all passes at your location over a certain angle.. not magnitude though (or are angle and magnitude related?)
It shows the location of ISS on a map too. It's amazing to see that when it first comes into view (South East), it is a few hundred miles west of Ireland, and when it disappears again, it's somewhere near the Swiss-Italian border !
It shows the location of ISS on a map too. It's amazing to see that when it first comes into view (South East), it is a few hundred miles west of Ireland, and when it disappears again, it's somewhere near the Swiss-Italian border !
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