Space Station Spotting

[MiniMan64]

Was in the Algarve this week and had some very bright clear passes overhead.

[S10GTA]

11pm over London tonight.

[Eric Mc]

And an earlier one at 21.27.

[FunkyNige]

I finally managed to get a pic of the space station last night, unfortunately I'm the world's worst photographer



Though in my defence I completely forgot it was coming over, was just testing settings for the Persiads at the time, glanced up and saw it, then aimed the tripod in the rough direction in the pitch black...

(top left if you didn't spot it)

[TheEnd]

https://twitter.com/EndaWard/status/34172133029249...

That was with a Samsung S3, streetlights and other bright stuff about and it still pops up quite visible as the white dot between the streetlight and the reflection of the streetlight on the guttering.

[FunkyNige]

Getting better





Just got to get the focusing sorted.

[jmorgan]

Shutter lock up, remote release, focus set to infinity (auto focus OFF and certainly no IS on)and have to check back on a previous for the f stop.

Edit. 33 seconds exposure on f5.6 got me a line across the image all the way.

Edited by jmorgan on Monday 12th August 22:38

[Skii]

Saw it for the first time last night, amazed at how bright it was. Looking forward to tonight's show!

[Eric Mc]

Was very bright at 21.26.

[dickymint]

2 minutes to go here in South Wales...........

[Winder]

Beautiful sight going straight overhead at 2304. Obs location Keynsham, just East of Bristol

[dickymint]

...... and gone. Diminished just passed overhead. First time I've ever seen it change colour to red! Anybody else seen this happen or was it the cider?

[pwd95]

dickymint said:

...... and gone. Diminished just passed overhead. First time I've ever seen it change colour to red! Anybody else seen this happen or was it the cider?

Saw that too Dicky, only Tea in my belly though. You need more Cider.

[fatboy69]

I thought i saw it just after 11pm - however ISS Tracker had it as being heading out from Australia into the South Pacific!!!

Is ISS Tracker wrong?

[Cerberus90]

Was out tonight watching the meteors and saw this bright thing go over. Wanted to think it was a B2 bomber, but now I see it must have been the ISS. West to east, maybe 11pm in the midlands. Saw it go red as it faded in the east too.

Made the night even better.

[fatboy69]

So how is it that four satellite trackers on the net all showed the ISS being down in the Southern Hemisphere at 11pm tonight?

[Cerberus90]

Maybe it's crashing, .


Or maybe, it's what I initially thought it could be, a B2 Bomber,

[Eric Mc]

Definitely the ISS.

It often appears to go red as it enters into the earth's shadow (for the same reason we get red sunsets).

[central]

002 by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr

[jmorgan]

You have a plane as well, great stuff. Bottom right?