International Space Station

[kelack]

Anyone seen it this evening. It passed over us (in Kent) at 9.33pm and is due to come back over again at 11.06pm.

We watched it up the club tonight, basically it looks like a slow moving shooting star. It travels at about 17,000 miles an hour and is about 215miles up.

But I've been trying to google it tonight to find a link to give you all it's trajectory and the angles you need and can't find it

So if you're near Gravesend, go out in your garden and look to the West at 11.06pm and if anyone can find a link, please post it.

It's not that spectacular - just kinda cool

 

[Just Dave]

From an eaalrier post tonight

you can see when your next chance to see it is

Clicky Link

For me its if it clear not much cloud

Thu Jul 24/11:06 PM
5 mins duration
56 degees
10 above West approach
12 above ESEast Departure

Dave

 

[jgs001]

Here's the Heavens Above prediction for Gravesend

Event Time titude Azimuth Distance (km)
Rises above horizon 23:01:30 0° 272° (W ) 2,120
Reaches 10° altitude 23:03:29 10° 273° (W ) 1,287
Maximum altitude 23:06:22 84° 9° (N ) 347
Enters shadow 23:08:20 18° 90° (E ) 927

 

[Steep]

Looking for 5 cloud free minutes, not much to ask is it?

 

[Cobra]

It just passed over

 

[photon]

Cheers, caught that!

 

[Just Dave]

I saw it quite clear but as I say light pollution does me :thumbsdown:

admin can you merge these 2 threads please

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Balls I seem to have missed all this - D'oh

 

[jgs001]

I grabbed two images of it, although for some reason, the HA prediction for the ISS and only the ISS is about 3 minutes late. All the others have been spot on time.

JL there's another pass forecast for around 0040 ...

 

[Just Dave]

dont worry jimmy you can see it tomorrow check the link I think Im gonna set up somewhere tomoz where theres no LP theres another thread 400d 90 secs or something like that we been talkin about it all night

EDIT other thread

 

[sportysnaps]

i saw it a few months ago in Wales - like a big H in the sky - moves about the speed on a plane - maybe faster - you may have 20 sec to see it...