Space Station

Aerohead

Space Station will pass over Galway tonight at 9-49pm it will approach from the West travelling South East and will be visible for 5 minutes

Buddy74

so if using the moon as a point of refrence it would be where?Thanks

Buddy74

Spotted! Thanks

buzz11

That was class to see, quite slow moving and really bright.

Thank you !

Aerohead

Best I could do with hand held camera

billie1b

It will be back again at 23:23 for 2 minutes

Storm 10

Wont be worth it as it will be to far Souh and too low on the horizon

billie1b

Went out again to have a look at the 11:23 pass (Dublin/Meath border), bleeding thing is so fast, its deadly

Aerohead

The link below is for the NASA sighting page for the Space Station for Galway
during April, the bigger the max height number the closer it is to the City. You can register your email with NASA and they will tell you when the best times are for Galway, its free to register and get the alerts.

http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Galway

confuseddotcom

Where the heck is one supposed to be looking before it flys by?!? Don't even know where in the heck am supposed to be feicin lookin for the damn thing!

billie1b

confuseddotcom wrote: »

Where the heck is one supposed to be looking before it flys by?!? Don't even know where in the heck am supposed to be feicin lookin for the damn thing!

Up!

billie1b

All joking aside, just look to the west, you'll notice it, its extremely bright and moving quite fast.

confuseddotcom

Okay so there's supposed to be something passing at 10.37pm so will have a gawk.

And summat else at 11.04pm.



Well that was a load of sh1te anyway. Shure there's no sun out. West is different directions depending on where you stand?!? Not bein' funny but it is!


Nope didn't see a thing and was definitely out a few minutes beforehand. Was trying to work it out by the moon, but typically enough, there's no effing moon out tonight. But shure, if something was going through the sky from one side to the other anyway, shure, ya would have to see it wouldn't ya?!? Stoopid arse-ho1e space crap.

Storm 10

Tonights pass would have been very low in the South,would have been hard to spot you need to look at the chart the bigger the above number is means it will be above you and its visible for longer, also it was pretty cloudy tonight

confuseddotcom

Yeah it is damn cloudy out tonight alright. Shure might get to see one of them over the next few nights maybe.

I was outside maybe Monday at 10 or 11 when I saw something in the sky.

It made me remember back to the time the ISS passed over a few months back, which I'd missed.

Shame I only saw this thread now. I'll bookmark that NASA site though for a look again.

Would something like this ever look like a quick moving star?.
The night I mention above, the object seemed as distant as a star. It didn't seem low enough to be a plane and I couldnt see a flashing light.
It was obviously dark hence the problem gauging the distance.

Shame I didn't note the time and try for sites like the one linked above. It had me puzzled for a few minutes but quickly forgot about it again until I saw this thread.

aido76

ISS is passing tonight at 9.49 to 9.54. Should be visible with the clear sky.

Gremlinertia

aido76 wrote: »

ISS is passing tonight at 9.49 to 9.54. Should be visible with the clear sky.

Where in the sky will it be passing through?

Citizenpain

http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Galway#.U1GD8PldX2Q

will appear very low in west

aido76

It will start low in the west but as it crosses the sky it will get higher. Stand with your right shoulder facing towards sunset (west) and your left sholder facing towards sunrise (east). You will be facing south. Tilt your head up half way and start scanning the sky from shoulder to shoulder, more to your right at 9.50.

Citizenpain

it aint slow!

Bob_the_dog

Better viewing than the Late Late

aido76

It was too cloudy here:(

obezyana

I just seen it..... All the way from Kilkenny

Aerohead

Have a look up around 10-10 to 10-15 for the Dragon spacecraft which is on its way to the space station with supplies travelling in the same direction but wont be as bright,it launched from Florida a while ago

Iwannahurl

At least two opportunities tonight:

Thu Jun 05 00:39 AM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 61 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Thu Jun 05 2:16 AM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 56 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: ESE

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/regional.asp?Prov=Connacht

Thargor

One of the most well designed apps on the Appstore:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector

Iwannahurl

NASA launched a new experiment on 18th April 2014: the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) cameras.

This webpage provides the live feed from HDEV as well as a map showing the real-time location of the ISS: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/

If the HDEV image is black it could be because the ISS is on the night side of Earth.

GekkePrutser

gilberto_eire wrote: »

I was outside maybe Monday at 10 or 11 when I saw something in the sky.

It made me remember back to the time the ISS passed over a few months back, which I'd missed.

It passes over several times a day, every day The problem is that it's only well visible in the twilight hours, when the sky is dark but the ISS is still lit by the sun. But if you have a portable scanner you can hear the signal from it at any time. It's at 145.800Mhz (voice). Sometimes around lunch time you can hear the astronauts if they have time for a chat. And if you have a HAM radio license you can even talk back to them

I always use heavens-above.com to track it. And a satellite tracker app for my phone to figure out where exactly it is in the sky. The better ones use the built-in compass and gyroscope to show an overlay on the camera image (Augmented Reality).

Iwannahurl

In fact the ISS is extremely visible in the wee small hours, as my experience last night showed.

NASA's Spot the Station service gave two times for last night, 00:39 and 02:16. That confused me at first (because I was expecting only one notification) but when I looked up the stats I found that the ISS takes only 90 minutes or so to orbit the Earth, travelling at an average speed of 27,600 km/h, and completes 15 orbits every 24 hours.

It's therefore possible to see it more than once per night, depending on weather, light and other factors.

Last night I saw it twice, because I was up very late. A few minutes after the 00:39 pass I had another look at its position on the tracker, and it was already over Ukraine!

EDIT- actually it turns out that the ISS can be seen during daylight hours too: http://www.zmescience.com/space/video-the-iss-and-atlantis-shuttle-as-seen-in-broad-daylight/#!USNMV

Storm 10

Tonight will be very good time to see it weather permitting as it will be overhead

Time: Thu Jun 05 11:50 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 53 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Arghus

Saw it there about forty minutes ago. My lord, it fairly rips it through the night sky.

Iwannahurl

It certainly does, travelling 460 km every minute.

After watching it for a few minutes I went back inside and a short while later checked its location on the tracker. By then it was over Poland.

Scone190

I took a few photos of it over Galway tonight

1st two are from the 23.50 approx pass sky was much clearer mag-3.7

2nd two are from the last past just after 1am (sorry the are faint there was much more cloud cover ) mag-3.8

Used different shutter speeds for the photos etc was fun trying to photograph enjoyed it

whitelightrider

Scone190 wrote: »

I took a few photos of it over Galway tonight

1st two are from the 23.50 approx pass sky was much clearer mag-3.7

2nd two are from the last past just after 1am (sorry the are faint there was much more cloud cover ) mag-3.8

Used different shutter speeds for the photos etc was fun trying to photograph enjoyed it

Great photos

GekkePrutser

Iwannahurl wrote: »

It certainly does, travelling 460 km every minute.

After watching it for a few minutes I went back inside and a short while later checked its location on the tracker. By then it was over Poland.

If it's over Poland it only just drops over the horizon here Most visible passes here don't actually pass over the Irish landmass. Because it's so high up (though for a satellite it's quite low by the way).

Iwannahurl

This tracker indicates "the view from the ISS directly down to earth".

http://iss.astroviewer.net/

I wonder what criteria NASA use to determine a "sighting opportunity"?

Their location lookup facility goes to the trouble of listing no fewer than 17 separate "city" locations in little Ireland, including the bustling metropolises of Oldcastle, Greystones and Tullamore.

Storm 10

Another chance to see it tonight weather permitting

Time: Fri Jun 06 11:02 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 43 degrees, Appears: SW, Disappears: E

JJayoo

I saw this the other night wasn't expecting it so it was a nice surprise

Storm 10

Tonight will be great to see the ISS as it will be directly overhead, hope the sky is clear, time below

Time: Sat Jun 07 11:49 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 65 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Eeden

Thanks for that, that was cool to see! I didn't think the sky would be clear enough tonight, but it was.

Scone190

Took another photo tonight .. I believe my best one yet of the ISS over Claregalway . Its just a different camera setting I used to make the sky brighter then it is so the photo is not edited incase anyone is wondering ! I love it

Storm 10

Another great chance tonight for six minutes and overhead

Time: Sun Jun 08 11:00 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 60 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Storm 10

Tonights spotting time below, another great viewing height lets hope the weather plays ball, we dont get so many passes going directly overhead.

Time: Mon Jun 09 11:48 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 64 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: ESE

Storm 10

Tonight is the night for a clear view as the ISS passes overhead

Time: Tue Jun 10 10:59 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 67 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: E

Aerohead

If the Sky is clear tonight she is around our part of the World for a few days, time below

Time: Tue Aug 05 11:12 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 42 degrees, Appears: SW, Disappears: E

rh5555

Just for the guys who don't know yet there is great app (at least for Android) called ISS tracker. It's free and tells you the exact time / brightness of the ISS and Iridium satellites. Also has a Radar so you can see exactly where to look to see the ISS when you hold your Phone into the sky.

Its free and pretty cool even though I still don't 100% how the Radar works.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector&hl=en

Aerohead

Two passes tonight the first one will be the best should be almost overhead, times below

Time: Fri Aug 08 10:21 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 50 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Time: Fri Aug 08 11:58 PM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 65 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: SE

GekkePrutser

rh5555 wrote: »

Just for the guys who don't know yet there is great app (at least for Android) called ISS tracker. It's free and tells you the exact time / brightness of the ISS and Iridium satellites. Also has a Radar so you can see exactly where to look to see the ISS when you hold your Phone into the sky.

Its free and pretty cool even though I still don't 100% how the Radar works.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector&hl=en

That "Radar" just works using the tilt and compass sensors in your phone - it knows where you're pointing so it can guide you to where it should be at that time.

If it has inaccurate information it will guide you wrongly That's why it has to download the latest information regularly. The ISS in particular often change their orbit due to them needing a boost, or for a collision avoidance maneuver.

There's also apps with Augmented Reality that just overlay a label on every visible thing on the camera image (though for the ISS this is not great because the camera image will be too dark at night).

billie1b

Aerohead wrote: »

Two passes tonight the first one will be the best should be almost overhead, times below

Time: Fri Aug 08 10:21 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 50 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: E

Time: Fri Aug 08 11:58 PM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 65 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: SE

Just past me, it seems to be towing something behind it
There is another bright light, smaller in size though directly behind it, its honestly like its towing it

jkforde

billie1b wrote: »

Just past me, it seems to be towing something behind it
There is another bright light, smaller in size though directly behind it, its honestly like its towing it

that's an automated cargo resupply vessel sent up by the European Space Agency, it's due to dock with the station on Tuesday... http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2014/08/08/iss-atv-5-in-orbit-tonight/