international space station

siobhan.murphy

can anyone help me with the viewing times Im in the tralee area,
I can only find a viewing for Killarney at around 7.10am that is on tuesday the 17 feb!
any help would be good thanks

Kevster

Hi,

That's just the way it's going to be for the next while. The ISS doesn't go over the same stretch of sky all the time. If you look at the viewings for Dublin (Here: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=Ireland) you will see that there are actually zero viewing times.

Take care,
Kevin

siobhan.murphy

Kevster wrote: »

Hi,

That's just the way it's going to be for the next while. The ISS doesn't go over the same stretch of sky all the time. If you look at the viewings for Dublin (Here: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=Ireland) you will see that there are actually zero viewing times.

Take care,
Kevin

Thanks Kevin,
I had been looking at the wrong thing I think,
judging from what Ive read it is only visable for a minuet or so!!

Kevster

That's ok. Have you ever seen it fly overhead before? It's nothing sopectacular, but the thought of what you are actually looking at is interesting.

Flukey

http://www.heavens-above.com/ is one good site and http://www.n2yo.com is good too.

Beeker

siobhan.murphy wrote: »

can anyone help me with the viewing times Im in the tralee area,
I can only find a viewing for Killarney at around 7.10am that is on tuesday the 17 feb!
any help would be good thanks

Try this site

http://spaceweather.com/flybys/index_coords.php

siobhan.murphy

Beeker wrote: »

Try this site

http://spaceweather.com/flybys/index_coords.php

perfect!
just what I needed,will look on the 20th thanks.

Flukey

It will become visible again in the next few days.

Helix

seems like march 20th at 20.25 and march 21st at 20.52 would be your best bet

Thargor

Looks like a clear spell ahead too fingers crossed:

http://astroforecast.org:8080/ireland.html

lord lucan

just passed over lucan,looks nice and bright especially with discovery docked with her. nice clear sky tonight too.

The Hill Billy

It looked very impressive indeed.

John mac

will be back over @ 20:54 this evening

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/JavaSSOP.html

when you start this page you can enter your lat and lon on the user input tab.
this gives you the data for any number of satellites (and iss shuttle)

Stargate

The ISS + Shuttle tied together passed over 7.17pm this evening here in Cork , followed it all the way from West to East , really bright , the 2nd pass at 8.53pm wasnt as bright and it went into shadow about 50 degrees elevation , still beautiful sight tho ,

Anyone esle track it ?

Clear skies
Tnx


Stargate

patto_chan

Saw it too at 7.20 this evening (one eye on the rugby, one eye on the sky) - brilliantly bright.
Then again at 8.55 or so. And just as it passed over head it dimmed rapidly and passed into earth's shadow and I could no longer make it out with the naked eye.

robin banks

Stargate wrote: »

The ISS + Shuttle tied together passed over 7.17pm this evening here in Cork , followed it all the way from West to East , really bright , the 2nd pass at 8.53pm wasnt as bright and it went into shadow about 50 degrees elevation , still beautiful sight tho ,

Anyone esle track it ?

Clear skies
Tnx


Stargate

Seen it myself . I even managed to get the kids into the garden to see it before it went out of view . What time is it due over head again . Truely magnificent sight .

BravoMike

If any of you have a scanner or radio receiver or know someone who has one, you can sometimes hear the astronauts talking to schools and radio amateurs when it passes over. They can be heard on 145.800 MHz FM. Also I found this software very good to track the ISS and other satellites orbiting us:

http://www.stoff.pl/

lostexpectation

obama station talk
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/on_demand_video.html?param=http://anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net/anon.nasa-global/ccvideos/pres_conference_main.asx

John mac

I had nasa tv on as well as orbital data track (from nasa )
and went out with kids to watch.
they can see it in real life and watch what is happening on the computer, and where in the world it is.
great.

Flukey

It just passed over here about 20 minutes ago. Being a nice clear night here in Dublin, I went out to have a look and I saw it pass, as I often have before. It is due again at about 8:55pm, though at not so favourable a position.

trishasaffron

Hi Flukey

Where in Dublin are you? or should it be visible from anywhere at 8.55?

Flukey

Sorry, only seeing you post now. Basicially though, if it is visible over one part of Dublin, it is visible over any part of it, and beyond. Check the two sites I gave in post number 5 for times. Heavens Above will need to know your location, which you can add, and the other site can detect it from your computer's IP address. Once your location has been established, these and other sites will tell you when to see the ISS.

We are nearly at the end of the period it will be passing over us. It happens about every two months, and the passes continue for about 10 days when they happen. Keep a regular look at those two sites, and in here, as we always post about it too.

The ISS is the brightest of all the objects that pass over us, but there are others that those sites will give times for too, along with lots of other astronomy information. Now that we are coming towards the summer, with twilight lengthening and the sun being not so far below the horizon, you tend to see more satellites. In the coming months, keep your eye out on a clear night, not too long after it starts to get dark and you will often see some. If you are really lucky, as I have been on a few occasions, you may even see several over the course of just 5 or 10 minutes.

A back garden, away from the street lights, or a bedroom window is a good place to watch from. They are like slow moving stars, that pass at a steady pace, appearing from nowhere and then brightening and fading and disappearing as they stop reflecting sunlight towards you. You'll know they are not planes, as there will be no flashing lights, and they will often be very dim, meaning sometimes you are lucky to catch sight of one. You just have to patiently watch and scan the skies. As simple as they are, just like a moving star, it is great to see them.

lostexpectation

a video grab of an astronaut on an eva taken from the ground !?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090410.html

Flukey

It's back in our skies again. I just happened to be looking out the window earlier, and I saw a rather bright object and once I realised it was moving I knew it was the ISS. It is not the first time I happened to see it by chance over the years. An excellent pass it was too, high and clear. Several more to come this week, if things stay clear. Check out Heavens Above and N2YO amongst others for times to see it.

M three

Hi, what direction should we be looking tonight to see the ISS pass over?

Beeker

M three wrote: »

Hi, what direction should we be looking tonight to see the ISS pass over?

The ISS orbits the Earth from the west to the east so it will always appear over the horizon from a westerly direction. However this can be anywhere from the southwest to the northwest.

Tonight for example the first pass is from 22:06 to 22:14 moving from the southwest to the east



The second pass is from 23:44 to 23:47 from the west and vanishing into the Earths shadow almost overhead.