ISS

Zubeneschamali

Caught a lovely view of the ISS last night at 23:30. There'll be another pass low in the South at 22:45 tonight.

ThunderCat

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Caught a lovely view of the ISS last night at 23:30. There'll be another pass low in the South at 22:45 tonight.

Snap! I was out looking at Saturn and I managed to get both of them in the same field of view in the binoculars as it passed 'underneath' it. What amazes me about the ISS is that it is up so high that people living as far away as France or even further can be looking at it at the same time as us here in Ireland.

lolie

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Caught a lovely view of the ISS last night at 23:30. There'll be another pass low in the South at 22:45 tonight.

There are 4 visible passes of the ISS tonight which is rare enough, even rarer we get the weather for it.

lolie

lolie wrote: »

There are 4 visible passes of the ISS tonight which is rare enough, even rarer we get the weather for it.

missed it last night, so cant wait for tonight, as you said Lolie its rare we get the weather for it:)

I always feel a sense of awe when I see it pass by. The amazing achievement of it all, astounding.

Ilik Urgee

lolie wrote: »

There are 4 visible passes of the ISS tonight which is rare enough, even rarer we get the weather for it.

What times? TIA

Ilik Urgee

Ilik Urgee wrote: »

What times? TIA

as OP said, 22.45

Ilik Urgee

Jake1 wrote: »

as OP said, 22.45

Thanks, what's the 4 times about? 22.45...

username123

Ilik Urgee wrote: »

Thanks, what's the 4 times about? 22.45...

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Dublin#.Ua-RJEA3ugw

lolie

Look out for it at 22:45, 00:20, 01:57 and 03:34.
Go to http://www.heavens-above.com/ enter your location(use select from map link) and your away. Lots of passes in the next 10 days.
Also check out the iridium flares link to.

Ilik Urgee

Yup, just saw it there. Quiet as a mouse stealing across a carpet, minding it's own business as if we never even existed:)

Ghost Train

spotted it too, eventually

username123

Great view of it, sky was clear as anything.

Karl Stein

Just watched it cross the southern sky. A little hazy but still good to see. Caught it through binos but I was shaking like a shitting dog unable to hold them still despite resting my elbows on a car.

tittybiscuits

Hi, just looked at this thread because I thought I saw it, about 0023 to the south (from Dublin). Just checked the ISS tracker site and it was over Iran 10 minutes later. I'm amazed at that, even though I knew it travelled fast...

lolie

An ATV-4 rocket called Albert Einstein launched into orbit yesterday.
Its bringing supplies to the ISS, and is due to dock with it on the 15th.
According to Heavens Above it should be visible each night as it chases the ISS until docking.

Showing visible passes for 11.05, 00.38, 02.11 and 03.45.
Not as bright as the ISS so will be harder to spot

Ghost Train

Think we're due a bright pass over head shortly, 00:19-00:25

Aced_Up

I use this

http://www.n2yo.com/

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

Fowler87

Good sight of it there. Hear the ATV passes soon after?

Ghost Train

Fowler87 wrote: »

Good sight of it there. Hear the ATV passes soon after?

looks like its about to pass over

http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=39175

Pretzill

saw it tonight but it just appeared midsky opposite the setting sun - it was the brightest thing in the sky until I noticed venus opposite - still it was bright here

Ghost Train

Both looked very bright in the sky there, ATV looked a good bit faster but mustn't be much difference

Kind of surprised though that the ISS is so much higher, that website has ISS at 260 miles high and ATV at 166 miles

Ghost Train

Looks like a pass coming up at just after 23:30

Carroller

Pretty sure I seem this but might have been something else.. Is it visible to the naked eye? Saw a very bright like crossing the sky at an unreal speed that would easily rule it out bring a plane high up anyway

username123

Carroller wrote: »

Pretty sure I seem this but might have been something else.. Is it visible to the naked eye? Saw a very bright like crossing the sky at an unreal speed that would easily rule it out bring a plane high up anyway

Yes its visible to the naked eye. What time did you see it at and which direction in the sky?

Carroller

It was between 11:30pm-12:00am think it was travelling from southwest to north east if I worked it out properly!

username123

Carroller wrote: »

It was between 11:30pm-12:00am think it was travelling from southwest to north east if I worked it out properly!

Yeah sounds right - check the link I gave above. There was a pass WSW to E at 11.30pm last night.

EireIceMan

username123 wrote: »

Yeah sounds right - check the link I gave above. There was a pass WSW to E at 11.30pm last night.

Any pass tonight?

MeteoritesEire

you just missed it 00:17

google spot the station and NASA will send you an email when it's going over your location

or even better --here it is http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/

Captain Chaos

I saw it at 00:22. It was very bright in the west and dimmed as it got overhead and slowly faded into the east. It was a long viewing time than what I normally catch.

postitnote

I have an iphone app called sputnik which is good for visible ISS approaches and iridium flares from your location. You can even set so an alarm will go off on your phone to tell you when to go outside.

In fact, just on fri night I was discussing this with my parents and fiancée as we were walking home from a party around midnight, and sure enough I checked the app and it was due to arrive within 90 secs!! Talk about timing, it was a clear night and the street lights weren't working.

I also use skyview, which doesn't tell you about visible passes, but does show you realtime locations of constellations, satellites, planets and other heavenly bodies.

Mr CJ

Hey can anyone help??

First clear night within a few days it was a perfect night to watch the ISS after watching it pass it was time to watch the trailing ATV module at 23.10 just after this time as it was almost directly overhead there was an extremely bright satellite going from south-north direction I would guess that it was the same brightness if not brighter than ISS, it was almost perpindicular to the orbit of ISS, does anyone know what I was watching??

After checking sat tracker the only one nearby at that time was Intercosmos 25 but does not look like it.
Strange also that these apps that tell you bright satellites in your area has no mention of this?

Cheers for any info... now time to check out the passing right now of ISS

blackbird99

good view of it passing a few minutes ago

Mr CJ

Maybe someone can confirm would I be right in saying we might be in with a chance to see another space chase this time with ISS and Soyuz TMA-10M?? ISS should be visible over Ireland late September when the module is due for launch? If so great view in store

I know the ATV took several days to dock does anyone know if its the same procedure for a manned module or is it a few hours only? The less time it takes the less chance to see it but if it takes more than 4hrs we might catch the 2?

apollo8

Mr CJ wrote: »

Maybe someone can confirm would I be right in saying we might be in with a chance to see another space chase this time with ISS and Soyuz TMA-10M?? ISS should be visible over Ireland late September when the module is due for launch? If so great view in store

I know the ATV took several days to dock does anyone know if its the same procedure for a manned module or is it a few hours only? The less time it takes the less chance to see it but if it takes more than 4hrs we might catch the 2?

Russia just recently implemented a launch to docking time of six hours(used to be 49)or four orbits.great news for the cosmonauts as soyuz is so cramped,not so good for stargazers though!

Ger8

Great view of it here in Galway. And just as it was going over us we seen a shooting star. Great view. Amazing.

MeteoritesEire

nice view here in Donegal too--I snapped couple pics but this much better one was taken by friend and night photography teacher Rita Wilson


Lough Veagh in Glenveagh Natl Park

ThunderCat

Very nice pic there. I notice it was taken in Glen Veigh National Park. I was there once and what struck me, besides it's beauty, is the distinct lack of houses or street lights or any sort of light pollution at all so I can only imagine what the sky looks like on a clear night from there. All the more reason for me to visit again I suppose because I don't think I've ever seen the night sky in a truly dark location such as that.

MeteoritesEire

ThunderCat wrote: »

Very nice pic there. I notice it was taken in Glen Veigh National Park. I was there once and what struck me, besides it's beauty, is the distinct lack of houses or street lights or any sort of light pollution at all so I can only imagine what the sky looks like on a clear night from there. All the more reason for me to visit again I suppose because I don't think I've ever seen the night sky in a truly dark location such as that.

couldn't agree more--much of Donegal is like that and one of the major reasons I moved here 3 years ago from Belfast.I couldn't even tell you where the nearest traffic lights are-none for many many miles-none in Dungloe,Loch An Iuir,Annagry,Crolly,Bunbeg etc etc

I can see a handful of sporadic meteors any given cloudless night in half an hour, really looking forward to Perseids on Sunday/Monday

ThunderCat

MeteoritesEire wrote: »

couldn't agree more--much of Donegal is like that and one of the major reasons I moved here 3 years ago from Belfast.I couldn't even tell you where the nearest traffic lights are-none for many many miles-none in Dungloe,Loch An Iuir,Annagry,Crolly,Bunbeg etc etc

I can see a handful of sporadic meteors any given cloudless night in half an hour, really looking forward to Perseids on Sunday/Monday

Wow that sounds amazing. I feel sorry for the people who live in area's such as that that don't give the stars a second thought. The Milky Way stretching from horizon to horizon would be above them and it passes them by. The same goes for people everywhere of course but even more so in an area with such good dark skies such as yours. Obviously it's not an issue for you anyway Mr.Meteors.
I just can't believe more people aren't interested to find out what they are looking at when they look up at night.

MeteoritesEire

I'm trying my best to infect everyone I meet with the cosmic 'bug' --I nearly always have a meteorite or 2 in my pocket and most people are very interested.However you're always going to get those people who just aren't into it.Like the locals I sometimes meet who haven't been to a beach in 30 years or whatever--mind boggling with all these spectacular blue flag beaches around here.Ho hum--keep smilin'

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hytrogen

Aced_Up wrote: »

I use this

http://www.n2yo.com/

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

thanks to this link by Aced_Up and a bit of trolling I found a great software for satellite & ISS tracker if anyone is interested: http://www.satsignal.eu/software/wxtrack.htm#icons
Apparently with the .kml file that comes with it, once you register the software, you can overlay it to Google Earth? :cool:
Otherwise if you download the wxtrackerGL as linked you can get a 3D interactive projection.

MeteoritesEire

MeteoritesEire wrote: »

I'm trying my best to infect everyone I meet with the cosmic 'bug' --I nearly always have a meteorite or 2 in my pocket and most people are very interested.However you're always going to get those people who just aren't into it.Like the locals I sometimes meet who haven't been to a beach in 30 years or whatever--mind boggling with all these spectacular blue flag beaches around here.Ho hum--keep smilin'

(",)

Is that a meteorite in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me...;)

blackbird99

if you have an android phone, go to the play store and search for satilite ar, it's free.
it uses the phones compass to position the night sky as it is in front of you.
displays the flight path of satilites, how much of the path will be visible and where along it the satilite is.
very helpful app, you can single out the iss so it can be search for on its own.

lolie

Two more passes tonight if anyone looking out at 11.00 and 12.37 west to east.
Also worth looking out for the HTV-4 cargo carrier that was launched on saturday and due to dock with the ISS tomorrow morning.
It should be visible around the same time as the ISS as It chases it only not near as bright

Ilik Urgee

What time is it due tonight if at all? Just left Venezuala heading north now but can't make out the time for here..

Just saw it, quiet as a mouse.

peterako

MeteoritesEire.

That is a gorgeous picture, with or without the ISS. Well done Rita!!

Sorry. I've been away from the forum for ages due to having to be up early the past while for work....not a great recipe for Star Gazing....

Managed to stay up for a while to see some Perseid displays last night and on 7th I did manage to capture the ISS passing between Vega and Altair.

After practicing for a while before to get the right exposure, shutter speed etc.... I panacked and left the shuter open too long resulting in some star trailing.

What really amazed me though was the clarity that night and the way the Milky Way shone through....even though the shots were taken towards some light pollution in the South East....

Slightly darkened ISS pass 7th August 2013: (Vega and Lyra to the top right and Altair to the bottom left)



The actual image captured (ISO 1600, 52sec, no tracking at 17mm):



And the Milky Way that night without the ISS....:



Oh...I wish I didn't need my sleep!!

Clear skies,
Peter