ISS Will Be Visible Again (August 20th to August 25th)

[jumpguy]

The ISS will once again be returning to Irish skies, except it'll be in the small hours of the morning (4-6 AM). So this is useful for those of you working a night shift, are nocturnal or love the ISS so much you'll get up just to see it.
The ISS follows a cycle of being visible in the early morning, then it'll change to being visible in the evenings (more convenient to us daywalkers) then it won't be visible for a period (the period it's currently in).
This is good news, if the shuttle launchs August 25th we're in for a good chance of seeing it (it'll be the small hours of the morning it'll launch).

Pass Times

Date - Rising Time/Direction/Alt - Maximum Alt. - Setting Time/Direction/Alt - Mag.

20/8 - 05:18/South/10 - 05:20/SE/16 - 05:22/ESE/10 - -1.0

21/8 - 05:42/SW/10 - 05:45/SSE/31 - 05:48/East/10 - -2.1

22/8 - 04:35/SSE/17 - 04:35/SSE/17 - 04:37/ESE/10 - -1.2

22/8 - 06:07/WSW/10 - 06:10/SSE/55 - 06:10/East/10 - -3.0

23/8 - 04:59/SSW/24 - 5:00/SSE/33 - 05:02/East/10 - -2.3

24/8 - 03:51/ESE/13 - 03:51/ESE/31 - 03:52/ESE/10 - -0.6

24/8 - 05:23/WSW/18 - 05:25/SSE/57 - 05:28/East/10 - -3.1

25/8 - 04:15/SE/30 - 04:15/SE/30 - 04:17/East/10 - -2.0

25/8 - 05:57/W/10 - 05:50/S/77 - 05:53/E/10 - -3.3

25/8 Is the shuttle launch Mag is short for magnitude and is the brightness. Happy ISS watching and here's hoping the shuttle isn't delayed.

[efla]

Something to look forward to!

Cant wait for winter....

[dmcdona]

Jumpguy - are those passes for Dublin?

[jumpguy]

Originally Posted by dmcdona

Jumpguy - are those passes for Dublin?

The passes are valid for pretty much all of Ireland.

[Flukey]

Two good sites for times of passes are Heavens Above and Realtime Satellite Tracking.