ISS Passing over Ireland tonight - what time?

taffy lulu

Hi, does anyone know what time the ISS will be passing?:)

spatchco

taffy the 2 passes are at 17.31 till 17.34 from s-to -ese,and second will be to short but here goes 19,35-19-36 from wswto sw hopes that helps,,,but check out heavens above for all the times ok

Ghost Train

Here's table from heavens-above.com

http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=53.12041&lng=-9.84375&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=GMT

Date	Mag	Starts	Max. altitude	Ends
Time	Alt.	Az.	Time	Alt.	Az.	Time	Alt.	Az.
29 Dec	-1.0	17:31:53	10	SSE	17:32:55	11	SE 	17:33:57	10	ESE
29 Dec	-1.7	19:04:54	10	SW 	19:06:32	26	SSW	19:06:32	26	SSW
30 Dec	-1.9	17:56:34	10	SSW	17:58:58	23	SSE	18:00:24	16	ESE
30 Dec	-0.7	19:31:04	10	WSW	19:31:59	18	WSW	19:31:59	18	WSW
31 Dec	-1.0	16:49:03	10	S 	16:50:22	12	SE 	16:51:41	10	ESE
31 Dec	-2.8	18:22:21	10	SW 	18:25:08	41	SSE	18:25:48	34	SE
31 Dec	0.2	19:57:23	10	W 	19:57:24	10	W 	19:57:24	10	W
1 Jan	-1.9	17:13:55	10	SSW	17:16:23	25	SSE	17:18:51	10	E
1 Jan	-3.2	18:48:30	10	WSW	18:51:10	57	SSW	18:51:10	57	SSW
2 Jan	-2.8	17:39:43	10	SW 	17:42:31	43	SSE	17:44:56	13	E
2 Jan	-1.7	19:14:46	10	W 	19:16:31	31	WSW	19:16:31	31	WSW
3 Jan	-3.3	18:05:50	10	WSW	18:08:44	62	S 	18:10:15	25	E
3 Jan	-0.5	19:41:03	10	W 	19:41:50	16	W 	19:41:50	16	W
4 Jan	-2.7	16:56:59	10	WSW	16:59:49	45	SSE	17:02:38	10	E
4 Jan	-3.4	18:32:04	10	W 	18:34:58	65	S 	18:35:35	48	SE
5 Jan	-3.3	17:23:05	10	WSW	17:26:00	63	S 	17:28:54	10	E
5 Jan	-2.8	18:58:19	10	W 	19:00:57	48	SSW	19:00:57	48	SSW
6 Jan	-3.3	17:49:16	10	W 	17:52:11	64	S 	17:54:45	13	ESE
6 Jan	-1.3	19:24:37	10	W 	19:26:21	24	WSW	19:26:21	24	WSW
7 Jan	-2.8	18:15:28	10	W 	18:18:19	48	SSW	18:20:13	18	SE
7 Jan	-0.2	19:51:17	10	WSW	19:51:49	12	WSW	19:51:49	12	WSW

taffy lulu

ok, getting ready to watch it now

taffy lulu

I didn't see it. Its a bit cloudy so hopefully later.

ComeraghBlue

If you have a iPhone etc then the free NASA app is very handy tells you next sighting and the in-app compass tells which way to look

Dave!

dang, forgot about this... oh well, there's always tomorrow... and another 2 weeks or somethin

NoQuarter

Every day dave, every day. Its been whizzing around for years now and very safe to say we have a lot more than 2 weeks left

Beeker

NoQuarter wrote: »

Every day dave, every day. Its been whizzing around for years now and very safe to say we have a lot more than 2 weeks left

True but not visable every day. We see it for a number of days at a time and then there is a gap where it is not visible {Passes during daylight hours}:)

MoonDancer

Got to see it by chance tonight, getting out of the car with the kids. Good timing eh!

Dave!

I set my alarm today so that I could see it, but I didn't leave a note for the alarm, so when it went off I just thought "now, what was I supposed to do..."

F*ck sake

Tomorrow's another day

chucken1

Is it very obvious? Ive never seen it before.

NoQuarter

its just like a small star moving across the sky. Youd have to know which direction to be looking to spot it.

rugbyman

reading from ghost trains table above is it to be seen tonight (31/12) at three mins to eight, but duration is only one second ?

w for west is mentioned, does that mean it comes from the west/

Regards Rugbyman

ComeraghBlue

@rugbyman yes west means it's coming from the west
Iv seen it many times and it's certainly worth a look as it whizzs past at unbelievable speed. Not that long ago one of the NASA astronauts took a picture of Ireland while flying past at night time and then posted it up on twitter (@astrowheels) so when your looking at it next don't forget to smilefor the camera

MoonDancer

ComeraghBlue wrote: »

@rugbyman yes west means it's coming from the west
Iv seen it many times and it's certainly worth a look as it whizzs past at unbelievable speed. Not that long ago one of the NASA astronauts took a picture of Ireland while flying past at night time and then posted it up on twitter (@astrowheels) so when your looking at it next don't forget to smilefor the camera

You couldn't post the picture? I'm not on twitter & it wont let me view their profile.

Beeker

MoonDancer wrote: »

You couldn't post the picture? I'm not on twitter & it wont let me view their profile.

Should be visible this evening moving from South southwest at 16:48 to vanish in the Earths shadow at about 16:54 in the East. Black line in the attached.


Visible again at 18:22 from the west and entering the Earths shadow at 18:25 heading East


These are the times for Waterford so will differ slightly for other areas.
Of course it all depends on cloud cover which is complete at the moment:(

Beeker

MoonDancer wrote: »

You couldn't post the picture? I'm not on twitter & it wont let me view their profile.

Dave!

That's awesome

MoonDancer

WOW unbelievable!! Do they have more pics up there? Might be worth signing up just for that

ComeraghBlue

The guy who took that is now back on earth but there's another guy (@cdrkelly I think) up there taking pics for his 'space-geo' quiz every few days where he takes a picture of a country/labdmark from iss and Youv to guess where/what .
I was left speechless when the other guy posted that pic on twitter . You can make out every village/town/city from lights
Sorry I didn't post the pic up iv it saved on my phone and the rest is too confusing but thanks to the person who did as it backed up my previous post

Beeker

ComeraghBlue wrote: »

The guy who took that is now back on earth but there's another guy (@cdrkelly I think) up there taking pics for his 'space-geo' quiz every few days where he takes a picture of a country/labdmark from iss and Youv to guess where/what .
I was left speechless when the other guy posted that pic on twitter . You can make out every village/town/city from lights
Sorry I didn't post the pic up iv it saved on my phone and the rest is too confusing but thanks to the person who did as it backed up my previous post

Yeah the guys name is Scott Kelly, a NASA astronaut on board the station since October. He is the current station commander. Thats him below.


You can follow his twitter here http://twitter.com/stationcdrkelly

Da Jimmy

i would recommend getting Stellarium, an add-on the satellite option. Useful for tracking them live and quickly! i swear by it

NoQuarter

MoonDancer wrote: »

WOW unbelievable!! Do they have more pics up there? Might be worth signing up just for that

You dont need to sign up, here you go: http://twitpic.com/photos/Astro_Wheels

Enjoy!

A taster:

Tenger

Just spotted it with the kids......dont' think the 7 year old believed me though!

Lovely clear night to spot it, right overhead, pretty much west to east.

John mac

Very clear pass this evening at 17:30 ish.
the second one @19:00 was obscured by cloud though,

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

for finding out where and when the iss will pass,

just enter your lat and lon on the input tab.

jenry

Hi, i got to see the space station last night at about 5.50pm, it was really bright, i took photos but it was going very fast and all that i could get was a white streak

NoQuarter

jenry wrote: »

Hi, i got to see the space station last night at about 5.50pm, it was really bright, i took photos but it was going very fast and all that i could get was a white streak

You cant fool us with that microsoft paint 2 minute job!!! :pac:

Beeker

Two passes this evening, skies permitting.

First from 17:06 to 17:12 weat to east.




Second pass 18:41 to 18:45, from the west vanishing in the Earths shadow to the south.

jenry

NoQuarter wrote: »

You cant fool us with that microsoft paint 2 minute job!!! :pac:

FUNNY

Ghost Train

rugbyman wrote: »

reading from ghost trains table above is it to be seen tonight (31/12) at three mins to eight, but duration is only one second ?

w for west is mentioned, does that mean it comes from the west/

Regards Rugbyman

will always be west to east I think

sometimes it will disappear half way across the sky as it goes into the shadow of the earth so that might be why you might get shorter transit times listed

here's an updated table, looks like tonight will be very bright if the weather is right to see it, second chance to see it if first is missed

Date	Mag	Starts	Max. altitude	Ends
Time	Alt.	Az.	Time	Alt.	Az.	Time	Alt.	Az.
8 Jan	-3.2	17:05:45	10	W 	17:08:39	63	S 	17:11:33	10	ESE
8 Jan	-1.8	18:41:07	10	W 	18:43:42	28	SSW	18:45:10	18	SSE
9 Jan	-2.6	17:31:49	10	W 	17:34:39	46	SSW	17:37:28	10	ESE
9 Jan	-0.7	19:07:42	10	WSW	19:09:28	15	SW 	19:10:49	12	S
10 Jan	-1.5	17:57:58	10	W 	18:00:31	27	SSW	18:03:02	10	SE
11 Jan	-0.3	18:24:36	10	WSW	18:26:12	14	SW 	18:27:48	10	S
12 Jan	-1.1	17:14:43	10	W 	17:17:13	25	SSW	17:19:42	10	SSE
13 Jan	0.0	17:41:24	10	WSW	17:42:50	13	SW 	17:44:15	10	S

Ghost Train

Sky over Dublin looks clear enough for this, nice moon too, must go have a look in a minute

Dave!

Ghost Train wrote: »

Sky over Dublin looks clear enough for this, nice moon too, must go have a look in a minute

any joy? 5 mins too late for me

I'll catch the next one, alarm is set, and the sky is clear enough

Quick question: do we want high or low magnitude? ie. is visibility better when magnitude is -3.2 or -1.8?

Bruthal

Just seen it go over a minute or 2 ago.

Bruthal

Dave! wrote: »

any joy? 5 mins too late for me

I'll catch the next one, alarm is set, and the sky is clear enough

Quick question: do we want high or low magnitude? ie. is visibility better when magnitude is -3.2 or -1.8?

The more minus the mag brighter
-3.2 is brighter than -1.8

Sun is mag -26 or so, moon is -12.

Ghost Train

Dave! wrote: »

any joy? 5 mins too late for me

I'll catch the next one, alarm is set, and the sky is clear enough

Quick question: do we want high or low magnitude? ie. is visibility better when magnitude is -3.2 or -1.8?

yes, pretty clear, sky a little bright so next pass after half six might be as good if the sky is still clear but will be lower in sky so hard to know

Bruthal

looks like it will be in the northern sky at the 18:43 passing, west to east but north of us this time. Or right overhead.

Bruthal

Actually its further south its going to be, so lower in the sky, and a lot less bright, but at least it will be dark out.

NoQuarter

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544

You can all track the ISS in real time here. Great site.


On a side note, is the ISS orbiting against the turn of the earth?

Bruthal

NoQuarter wrote: »

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544

You can all track the ISS in real time here. Great site.


On a side note, is the ISS orbiting against the turn of the earth?

Its moving in the same direction as the earths rotation.

NoQuarter

So its moving much faster than the earths rotation then??

Bruthal

Yes it is, at the equator earths rotation speed is about 1000mph, the ISS moves at about 16,000mph. It does around 15 orbits a day.
Good link you put up there

Bruthal

Just seen it now, it went right across the face of the moon from my viewing point in navan.

NoQuarter

Seen it myself, skimmed off the top of the moon for me just south of dublin city centre. That was a great clear pass.


Beeker, those charts you put up, where are they from because the ISS went between the moon and jupiter for me just there.

EDIT: was looking at the wrong chart, yeah those charts are great in that case, was exactly right!

Bruthal

Beeker wrote: »

Think im after leavin my lights on:)

Bruthal

NoQuarter wrote: »

Seen it myself, skimmed off the top of the moon for me just south of dublin city centre. That was a great clear pass.


Beeker, those charts you put up, where are they from because the ISS went between the moon and jupiter for me just there.

EDIT: was looking at the wrong chart, yeah those charts are great in that case, was exactly right!

Yes was doing the same myself, the second set has it between the moon and jupiter, so above the moon which would be right for waterford area.

Dave!

Saw it

Bruthal

Its mad when you think it was over the sea probably 300 miles south of ireland on this pass at its closest.

NoQuarter

robbie7730 wrote: »

Its mad when you think it was over the sea probably 300 miles south of ireland on this pass at its closest.

Yeah the last time i seen it i looked at its path on the link i gave you and it was passing france and spain and i could still see it! Pretty amazing.

Beeker

NoQuarter wrote: »

Seen it myself, skimmed off the top of the moon for me just south of dublin city centre. That was a great clear pass.


Beeker, those charts you put up, where are they from because the ISS went between the moon and jupiter for me just there.

EDIT: was looking at the wrong chart, yeah those charts are great in that case, was exactly right!

Charts are available on http://www.heavens-above.com/
Click on the date for the pass you want to see. Of course they are the charts for Waterford, where I am but much the same for the rest of Ireland.

Beeker

robbie7730 wrote: »

Yes it is, at the equator earths rotation speed is about 1000mph, the ISS moves at about 16,000mph. It does around 15 orbits a day.
Good link you put up there

Not to be picky but the ISS actually travels at 17500mph and orbits 16 times a day:)