space station
99.9% sure myself and kids saw it.
If so,amazing!!! Moving so blooming fast! :thumb: |
you are right -- viewable at the mo'
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Originally Posted by albob
(Post 11406360)
you are right -- viewable at the mo'
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Here's a link to the nasa site mentioned: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/
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Originally Posted by Henrik
(Post 11406496)
Here's a link to the nasa site mentioned: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/
Thanks, I shouldn't have been so lazy and put that up myself....:brickwall |
9.03pm tonight then - visible for 5 mins - West going towards East South East :)
Bit cloudy today though! |
I went out tonight to view the station for three minutes.
If you're just a little bit of a space nerd, you have to outside and see it sometime, it's really quite cool tbh. Very much brighter than I thought it would be (almost as bright as Jupiter). I'm happy I've seen it. I think I might have caught a glimpse of it before as well, but not known what it was (though it might just have been other satellites tbh). |
Just watched this from Newmarket. Amazing! Totally clear night and so bright as it whizzed across the sky at 17500mph for 4 minutes.
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Have seen it a couple of times amazing to think people are in it looking down at us!
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Originally Posted by Alg
(Post 11408523)
Just watched this from Newmarket. Amazing! Totally clear night and so bright as it whizzed across the sky at 17500mph for 4 minutes.
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See website above, and you just need little cloud as it's moving almost as fast as a jet at cruising speed...
HTH dunx P.S. Other satellites are also visible, much much less bright and moving in almost any direction possible.... |
"..Do you need binoculars.."
No - It looks like a very bright star - but moving very fast Check the website, as suggest, for direction |
Went out, never saw a thing??
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Originally Posted by paulr
(Post 11409410)
Went out, never saw a thing??
the past few nights it has been at a 'good' height.. last night only 10 degrees above the horizon. Might be better tonight - 18 degrees and visible for 5 mins |
Tonight the website says 21.02.
The iss app I have which seems to show real time position, shows it going over Portugal, not the uk? |
Won't be long before the Taliban try and shoot it down.
I saw it too; bloody fast thing. Might even give my M135i a run for it's money ;) |
Originally Posted by Matteeboy
(Post 11410210)
I saw it too; bloody fast thing. Might even give my M135i a run for it's money ;)
No chance.It's a spaceship not an airship.:thumb::D |
Originally Posted by paulr
(Post 11410199)
Tonight the website says 21.02.
The iss app I have which seems to show real time position, shows it going over Portugal, not the uk? I forgot to go out and try to see it last night !! :( |
Originally Posted by albob
(Post 11410526)
I'm not an expert on this - but - given the height of the ISS above the earth, it could well have been over Portugal but 'visible' from the UK.
I forgot to go out and try to see it last night !! :( If my calculations are correct, assuming that the ISS is at 370km, you should be able to see it from about 2170km over its true position (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon) Portugal appears to be well within the distance limit, assuming you're not at the top of Scotland :) |
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