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Isaac Hunt
6,774 posts
80 months
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Dogsey said: Isaac Hunt said: Not sure if it has been mentioned on here before, but there is a really good ISS Detector app for android. What's it called? ISS Detector - and it is free. I get a notification five minutes before the ISS is due, plus direction and magnitude. Saturday 21.25 is looking good. ETA - it also give predicted weather conditions so you know if the sky will be clear or not
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Dogsey
3,715 posts
99 months
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Isaac Hunt said: ISS Detector - and it is free. I get a notification five minutes before the ISS is due, plus direction and magnitude. Saturday 21.25 is looking good.
ETA - it also give predicted weather conditions so you know if the sky will be clear or not
Cheers!
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Eric Mc
Original Poster
67,256 posts
134 months
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Good pass coming up just now.
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ali4390
1,289 posts
34 months
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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!
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central
15,959 posts
86 months
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Eric Mc
Original Poster
67,256 posts
134 months
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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! Yes - and it was back 90 minutes later,
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jmorgan
17,016 posts
153 months
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central said: Nice. Cloudy yesterday, still not seen it for a good few occasions due to weather. 11mm though? Interesting.
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S6PNJ
1,802 posts
150 months
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Just had a very good pass of the ISS (from York, UK) where it was visible for a good 3-4 mins. I had downloaded the Android ISS detector the other day and it 'pinged' me 5 mins before the pass. Great little app and it worked really well!
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Eric Mc
Original Poster
67,256 posts
134 months
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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.
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Total loss
1,498 posts
96 months
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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.
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dickymint
11,405 posts
127 months
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^^^ Most Satellite predictors have parameters that can be tweaked for filtering "visible passes".
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Eric Mc
Original Poster
67,256 posts
134 months
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Indeed, heavens-above did show the pass - but not as a visible pass.
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dickymint
11,405 posts
127 months
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Eric Mc said: Indeed, heavens-above did show the pass - but not as a visible pass. What I'm trying to say is some of them you can alter some setting/s so as to make it a visible pass (not literally visible if you see what I mean). Sun and Moon degrees, elevation etc.
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doogalman
127 posts
114 months
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Did no one spot Progress aout 5 minutes behind the ISS. Was well clear down in surrey and a great view. First time i've seen any of the supply vessels.
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Lost_BMW
10,637 posts
45 months
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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.
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fatboy69
4,811 posts
56 months
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What is the best ISS app for the iPad? I have ISS tracker on my laptop although it doesn't appear to be available for the iPad.
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Isaac Hunt
6,774 posts
80 months
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Wednesday at 21:11 is looking like a good spot. Magnitude -2 and a clear night.
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essayer
1,590 posts
63 months
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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 !
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silverthorn2151
3,558 posts
48 months
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Some reasonable early morning passes coming up over the next few days.
i just missed it this morning which is a shame as the sky is crystal clear over London.
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central
15,959 posts
86 months
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Some decent passes over the next few days.
19:07 and 20:44 tonight.
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