Space Station and Space Shuttle sightings tonight 3 mins to 9pm

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ISS and space station are visible tonight 3 mins to 9, so should both be visible at the same time

SHUTTLE Thu Sep 10/08:57 PM, APPROACH, 26 Degrees, 10 above SW , DEPARTURE, 24 Degrees above SE, visible 3 mins

1 min later

ISS Thu Sep 10/08:58 PM, APPROACH, 26 Degrees, 10 above SW, DEPARTURE, 25 Degrees above SE, visible 3 mins

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Dave
 
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9:08 for both and around 3 minutes duration for me. Its clear skies at present
Thanks for the tip Dave :thumbs:
 
Oops re-check good job it did too thats 8:58 may have missed it otherwise :D
 
whats the iss and ss look like, a fast moving star?
 
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yep 2 slowly moving stars quite big, west to east ish, cameras 500mm lens is on ready, done some test shots 7 mins to go :thumbs:
 
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Saw them both - station seemed much brighter, but then I guess it's bigger?

Pretty cool though :)
 
yay i saw the iss :D
 
Cheers for that. Phoned my sis near Perth but no reply for the follow-up so they must've still been outside.
 
There's another pass at 10:30 tonight :thumbs:
I use this site for info.

Paul
 
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pleased you all saw them yeh the space station is much larger got a couple of shots, didnt get both in the same frame though, like I did last November ish, :thinking: when they were docked,
 
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Redpaul I cant see that mate got a better link to the actual passes

I only use the Nasa as they track them so they know where and when, and we can see them tomoz as well
 
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I saw it! It started off as a dim looking dot to the west, then as it went overhead it became a fast moving bright star before it faded away as it moved towards the east! And I know it wasn't a jet plane.
I couldn't set my camera up in time for it, especially since I heard about it in Facebook a minute prior to the event!
 
Just Dave said:
Redpaul I cant see that mate got a better link to the actual passes
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Sorry Dave, should've added to find the times for the passes you need to register. The passes will be different times depending on where in the country you are so it gives an exact time and heading based on your home towns longitude/latitude.


Paul
 
Typical I pick up on this 24 hours late!

although it looks like is should be visible up until the 23rd.

there must be one clear night its visible here :D
 
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Nice spot guys. The ISS has got much brighter since they bolted on another set of solar panels. It's almost as bright as Venus now. It's 300 miles up, travelling at 17500 mph, you will normally get the oppo for 2 passes an evening whilst it's about. Our passes started a couple of days ago and we'll probably get another couple of weeks worth. I am, when the skies are clear, going to try using one of my telescopes to capture a close up view.. wish me luck cos I am seriously going to need it.... that's one helluva pan... :D
 
ISS Sat Sep 12/08:13 PM 5 57 10 above WSW 14 above E
ISS Sat Sep 12/09:48 PM 1 25 10 above W 25 above W
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so the ISS is visible twice a night, must be going fast :eek:


/answered in above post :)
 
;)... Actually that's visible passes when it's lit by sunlight... there'll be others... about 100 minutes apart ish...
 
jgs001 said:
;)... Actually that's visible passes when it's lit by sunlight... there'll be others... about 100 minutes apart ish...
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Blimey thats quick once around the earth in less than two hours :eek:
 
jgs001 said:
Nice spot guys. The ISS has got much brighter since they bolted on another set of solar panels. It's almost as bright as Venus now. It's 300 miles up, travelling at 17500 mph, you will normally get the oppo for 2 passes an evening whilst it's about. Our passes started a couple of days ago and we'll probably get another couple of weeks worth. I am, when the skies are clear, going to try using one of my telescopes to capture a close up view.. wish me luck cos I am seriously going to need it.... that's one helluva pan... :D
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Good Luck John :thumbs:
 
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Blimey thats quick once around the earth in less than two hours :eek:
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One of the sites linked earlier in this thread (or the other one) has the current speed - it was around 4.6 miles per second last night - about 16,500mph:eek:
 
OutLore said:
One of the sites linked earlier in this thread (or the other one) has the current speed - it was around 4.6 miles per second last night - about 16,500mph:eek:
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Thats almost incomprehensible :eek:
(and nearly as fast as me at
knocking off time :D)
 
Heres my shot from yesterday, of the ISS, ISO 1600, 500mm with X2 converter massive crop, shuttle was way to fast

Edited got a better shot, upload later
 
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shuttle seems to move a lot faster than ISS, dont know if its because it smaller


Edited got a better shot, upload later
 
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Shuttle's about to land - live coverage on BBC 24.
 
Perfick!

Nearly the end of an era.
 
I tried last night but it was just to cloudy up in lancaster! also missed the earlier lovely red-sky due to silly motorway traffic!
 
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