Venus in night sky

[MXRod]

Get out with your binoculars or spotting scope .The bright light to west in the night sky is Venus . lack of pollution. Means it is shining brightly .
Best sighting would have been 24 March , but still an impressive sight

[thebraketester]

Yes we’ve seen it the past few nights.... crazy how bright it is.

[manracer]

and the ISS pass last night past venus was nice.

If anyone is interested, look west at 20:28 tonight, sets east at 20:31.

Makes a great photo if you have long exposure/night mode on phone/camera.

[Tim bo]

Thanks for the heads up

Venus is normally pretty bright anyway, even here in polluted ol' London town, so must be crazy bright now with the big drop in pollution levels.

[MXRod]

manracer said:

and the ISS pass last night past venus was nice.

If anyone is interested, look west at 20:28 tonight, sets east at 20:31.

Makes a great photo if you have long exposure/night mode on phone/camera.

Is that the time to spot the ISS , bit difficult to find that info on NASA web pages

[thebraketester]

Great app called ISS Spotter

[colin2296fs]

if your looking up that way, ive just discovered this site to find what satellites are going over

https://james.darpinian.com/satellites

Edited by colin2296fs on Thursday 26th March 09:55

[swisstoni]

First time I used that app to see the ISS it was pretty amazing.
I couldn’t make myself imagine that there were people in the thing doing 17,000 mph or whatever it is.

[vonhosen]

swisstoni said:

First time I used that app to see the ISS it was pretty amazing.
I couldn’t make myself imagine that there were people in the thing doing 17,000 mph or whatever it is.

You're standing on a thing doing 66,000 mph. It's all relative.

[J4CKO]

swisstoni said:

First time I used that app to see the ISS it was pretty amazing.
I couldn’t make myself imagine that there were people in the thing doing 17,000 mph or whatever it is.

You have seen an LLF video haven't you ? dial the speed back a little and you should be able to comprehend it

[sxmwht]

There's also this, from NASA, if you're interested

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/signup.cfm

[Macron]

Not forgetting you should be out clapping for our carers at 8pm tonight.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/newsr...

[manracer]

MXRod said:

manracer said:

and the ISS pass last night past venus was nice.

If anyone is interested, look west at 20:28 tonight, sets east at 20:31.

Makes a great photo if you have long exposure/night mode on phone/camera.

Is that the time to spot the ISS , bit difficult to find that info on NASA web pages

Yeah, i use https://www.meteorwatch.org/ virtual astro, its all UK based so timings are a little easier i find.

[BrettMRC]

The number of satellites visible last night was unreal! I live in the sticks so get a good view anyway, but last night was exceptional.

[MXRod]

Thanks for all the links , stuck in the middle of enforced DIY at present , so I will look later

[swisstoni]

J4CKO said:

swisstoni said:

First time I used that app to see the ISS it was pretty amazing.
I couldn’t make myself imagine that there were people in the thing doing 17,000 mph or whatever it is.

You have seen an LLF video haven't you ? dial the speed back a little and you should be able to comprehend it

What’s an LLF video?

[MXRod]

vonhosen said:

You're standing on a thing doing 66,000 mph. It's all relative.

Where are the traffic cops when you need them

[J4CKO]

swisstoni said:

J4CKO said:

swisstoni said:

First time I used that app to see the ISS it was pretty amazing.
I couldn’t make myself imagine that there were people in the thing doing 17,000 mph or whatever it is.

You have seen an LLF video haven't you ? dial the speed back a little and you should be able to comprehend it

What’s an LLF video?

Living Life Fast is a Youtube Vlogger, he has a reputation for being in/driving some very fast cars, very fast.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0S5w-TQJywcsni8Z...

[Johnnytheboy]

Is Mars in the western sky at the moment too?

[MXRod]

Damm missed the 1900 transit sky likely not dark enough
2030 ish next