ISS Back Tonight

Ghost Train

Pass coming up just now if you have a bit of clear sky

eyebrows63

Just passed over here now:D
Grand clear sky

Ghost Train

Bit cloudy here but did get to see half the pass

Ghost Train

100,000th orbit for the ISS today

http://www.space.com/32893-international-space-station-100000-orbits.html

Bit of a low budget video from nasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se4-RpKdgZc

Oscar Bravo

4 extremely bright passes tonight....2239-2242 , 0013-0019 , 0149-0155, 0325-0321

Mountainsandh

Think I caught a pass last night (random "oh, that's moving" moment, haven't checked passes online
) something past one am, very high (like pretty much above me), visible for ages great brightness.

namloc1980

Saw it by chance last night. Was out the back and could see Jupiter and then the next thing saw a really bright object moving next to it.

holly8

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Think I caught a pass last night (random "oh, that's moving" moment, haven't checked passes online
) something past one am, very high (like pretty much above me), visible for ages great brightness.

I went out to see if I could see Mars about 10:30 last night .... and ISS went whizzing past

Oscar Bravo

tonight at 2355 to 0001 and 0131-0136

oleras

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

tonight at 2355 to 0001 and 0131-0136

One of the longest and clearest i have seen yet.

MayoForSam

Perfect view from east Galway, almost overhead but actually passing over Cork/Limerick, I guess it is 400 km up.

Mountainsandh

holly8 wrote: »

I went out to see if I could see Mars about 10:30 last night .... and ISS went whizzing past

I love just happening upon it like that, I get the feeling we're just neighbours, waving at each other from across the street once in a while.

Nothing against this thread of course :P

rolion

Bright, nice and long visible pass tonight ,again just jumped out beside Jupiter !
However,tried to look at the planets with my scope,dunno why but despite a nice calm weather,the air quality wasnt great ! Or,maybe the low angle,on top of the roofs ?

mickmackey1

Changing topic, but there was a lovely meteor about ¼ of an hour ago, passing west of Mars and of similar brightness.

Bongalongherb

My night-vision scope is getting old in regards to dead pixels and quality, but it shows the ISS moving through the star systems on the 02/06/2016...

Thu Jun 2, 00:38 AM 5 min 51° 10° above W 18° above ESE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1P8Kfa7zsA

Ghost Train

Must have a look out now. Pass coming up

shedweller

Next pass at 22:53

Mech1

shedweller wrote: »

Next pass at 22:53

Any more info? elevation direction etc?

mickmackey1

Mech1 wrote: »

Any more info? elevation direction etc?

Just look up and you can't miss it

cml387

Mech1 wrote: »

Any more info? elevation direction etc?

Almost directly overhead moving west to east at zenith at 22:56

MayoForSam

Mech1 wrote: »

Any more info? elevation direction etc?

Fri Jun 3, 10:52 PM
Duration: 6 min
Max height: 66°
Start:10° above W
Finish:10° above E

Mech1

gonna get the camera out, it took these a few months ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138838681@N04/sets/72157662680539734

lets try the space station!

shedweller

Its to the right of jupiter

elfy4eva

Just passed over Galway got a lovely view nice clear sky

Mech1

Mech1 wrote: »

gonna get the camera out, it took these a few months ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138838681@N04/sets/72157662680539734

lets try the space station!

Way too quick for me, but got a few poor shots of Jupiter and its moons:http://s962.photobucket.com/user/mech1111/slideshow/Jupiter%20030616

MiskyBoyy

ISS coming up in 4 mins

jprboy

Was out the back of the house circa 8.10 tonight and glanced up at the sky.

It was very clear and I thought it would be a great night for the ISS to fly over.

I was looking at one particularly bright object and wondering what planet it was when I realised it was moving - it was the ISS!

Fantastic view of it for approx 3 mins and its going to be in our skies every night until Oct 19:

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/index.cfm

TPF2012

Hi. I was looking at the remarkable clear stars out this evening in an area with little light pollution at 8pm when I noticed a fast moving dot, directly overhead moving from NNE to SSW approx. I thought it might be the ISS but looking online, it was meant to be visible at 7pm. Also, is this direction wrong for the ISS? A satellite?

mickmackey1

Yes almost certainly. There are so many satellites up there and e.g. the Russian Resurs 01 rocket body would have been quite bright around 8pm tonight.

Ghost Train

Japan’s H-IIB heavy-lift rocket arced into the night skies over Tanegashima Island on Friday, carrying into orbit the sixth H-II Transfer Vehicle on a critical supply run to the International Space Station and its six crew members.

HTV – currently the largest in the Station’s visiting vehicle fleet – is set to deliver to the orbiting outpost important cargo among which are six new batteries to revamp the Station’s power system to enable ISS to head into the next decade of operations. In total, the mission is delivering six metric tons of supplies, comprised of food, water, maintenance hardware, and science utilization equipment.

Arrives Tuesday, I guess could be visible if we get some clear skies sometime in next few days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnGUQ3Kz42I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjR7gZGapAA