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Shuttle Launch Visible from Ireland Tonight
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-JammyDodger-
Tnx for the reply , i used to use starry night , the two progs i use are brill too tho , really excellent progs , can be configured to track anything , i also use Stellarium , thats why i asked you earlier -JammyDodger- re Comet 22P/Kopff
I used Stellarium when tracking comet Lulin a few months back !
Tnx -JammyDodger-
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-JammyDodger-
Do you know what the record number of views is for a particular topic ???
Jez , 21 Thousand and climbing for this
Great to see such interest
Stargate
Well its certainly a record for me. I've never started a 45 page, 668 reply, 22,250 views thread before
Fabulous to see alright. Right at this moment there are 80 people viewing the Astronomy forum. Its usually 2 or 3 ! [Correction] 198!!
Like I said previously, it was almost good that the event was scrubbed twice both in terms of our weather here (More people got to see it with clear skies Wednesday than would have on Sunday or Monday) and because it racked up the Tension and the excitement. It went from being an unusual Shuttle flyover with the Fuel tank to an exciting 'Will they, Won't they' launch. I've seen lots of Launches on TV before but I never got Goosebumps watching like I did last night...and then to go outside and see it 18 minutes later and so much more spectacularily than I was expecting....
It turned into a real communal event where we all shared the excitement even with those with only a passing interest in space and astronomy. \
Like you said, even if only a handful of people get into the hobby as a result then it was a great result.0 -
Well its certainly a record for me. I've never started a 45 page, 668 reply, 22,250 views thread before
Fabulous to see alright. Right at this moment there are 80 people viewing the Astronomy forum. Its usually 2 or 3 !
Like I said previously, it was almost good that the event was scrubbed twice both in terms of our weather here (More people got to see it with clear skies Wednesday than would have on Sunday or Monday) and because it racked up the Tension and the excitement. It went from being an unusual Shuttle flyover with the Fuel tank to an exciting 'Will they, Won't they' launch. I've seen lots of Launches on TV before but I never got Goosebumps watching like I did last night...and then to go outside and see it 18 minutes later and so much more spectacularily than I was expecting....
It turned into a real communal event where we all shared the excitement even with those with only a passing interest in space and astronomy. \
Like you said, even if only a handful of people get into the hobby as a result then it was a great result.
Calibos LOL
very well put , brill last two nights , congrats on the thread starter haha .
i think the whole of the country has gotten the bug due to the launch , isnt it fantastic for astronomy in Ireland , so many post and so many posters , its hard to keep up with it all lol
been over on the IFAS site also , always great:)
Did you see anything the last pass of the ISS Calibos ?
DAMN CLOUDY HERe
Hoping for a look at the SS at 22:56
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee skies clear :mad::mad:
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LeotheLion wrote: »Will the shuttle/ISS fly over another night soon?
Was to cloudy to see anything here
They'll both pass again tomorrow night.
The ISS passes, at a suitable time, about 8 days per month. But, if you're up for staying up late, it passes ~14 times per month. (it actually passes well over a dozen times a day, I'm just talking about when they'll be in view).0 -
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-JammyDodger- wrote: »Nope, it's different every night.
Go here and register (it'll ask you for your location and stuff. Then once you sign in, you'll see a button entitled ISS, that'll give you the times/directions that you need to see it. You'll also see a button entitled STS-127, that'll give you times/directions to see the Shuttle.
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Jez youve been busy tonight
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I registered with heavens-above and set my location. However, when I check the time of passes i get three for one date and two for another date and one for another....why is that? The times are all different and I dont understand how there are more than one entry for one date?
Can someone help? Tks. :-)
The ISS passes over us 12 time a day but we only see it when we on the ground are already in the earths shadow, ie its dusk/night and the sun is below the horizon for us but the ISS 400 miles up is still in the sunlight. We don't see the other ISS passes when both we and the ISS are in the earths shadow. Thus we only see the ISS within about 2 hours of our dusk and dawn.
Here's a very simple diagram to illustrate. Later in the night all our sky is in the earths shadow if you get me. Thus no sunlight to reflect off the ISS for us to see. The ISS goes over every 90 miuntes or so. So in that 2 hour period after dusk or before dawn sometimes it'll go over twice in that 2 hour window at dusk and dawn and sometimes only once
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Thanks Calibos and JammyDogger. My kids have been facinated since seeing Endeavor go over last night just 18mins after it launched in Florida. So the questions have begun and they got to see Endeavor again tonight and also ISS at 12.04 as we missed it the first time.
Thanks to all who keep posting the times, way easier than trying to look them up.. Cheers everybody.
Nite nite and sweet dreams.
What a nice post Twalsh:):):)
im delighted you all got to see the SS , specially the kids ,
nite from Cork
Stargate , and tnx 0 -
Well done! Very well explained and illustrated.The ISS passes over us 12 time a day but we only see it when we on the ground are already in the earths shadow, ie its dusk/night and the sun is below the horizon for us but the ISS 400 miles up is still in the sunlight. We don't see the other ISS passes when both we and the ISS are in the earths shadow. Thus we only see the ISS within about 2 hours of our dusk and dawn.
Here's a very simple diagram to illustrate. Later in the night all our sky is in the earths shadow if you get me. Thus no sunlight to reflect off the ISS for us to see. The ISS goes over every 90 miuntes or so. So in that 2 hour period after dusk or before dawn sometimes it'll go over twice in that 2 hour window at dusk and dawn and sometimes only once0 -
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