Anyone want to see a space station?

Pevenseagull

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• May 25, 2017

• #1

.....specifically The International Space Station?
....If you're in Sussex look to the west in 5minutes and wave at them XXX .... It's a particularly good viewing ...not quite as good as the one just after midnight .....
BUT.......

 

Pevenseagull

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1:40

 

Pevenseagull

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awesome

 

Pevenseagull

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...No moon. Warm night, down on the beach in moderate darkness ....... looking at a few tin cans and tubes with people doing stuff.

Exceptional

 

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• May 25, 2017

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By pure accident I am certain I just witnessed the ISS go by. Looking at the ISS tracker, seems about right. Far too high and quiet to be a commercial jet.

 

OzMike

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• May 25, 2017

• #6

It doesn't make any noise, unless the radio is turned up.

 

rocker959

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• May 25, 2017

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https://youtu.be/Eo3xCR-oNp0?list=RDEo3xCR-oNp0

 

Gregory2Smith1

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• May 25, 2017

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just had a good view of it down here in Toulouse

 

AmexRuislip

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Ruislip

• May 25, 2017

• #9

Should also get a good view of Ulloas penalty ball, which is stuck to one of the antenna!

 

StonehamPark

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• May 25, 2017

• #10

Damn I missed it.
Must have been in the wrong spot.

 

clippedgull

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• May 25, 2017

• #11

Tonights Brighton sightings:



Thu May 25, 11:12 PM 6 min 72° 10° above WSW 11° above ENE
Fri May 26, 00:48 AM 6 min 75° 10° above W 11° above E
Fri May 26, 2:25 AM 6 min 57° 10° above W 10° above ESE

General tips: Look west, up in the dark sky, wait for fast moving star like object (17,500mph!) follow with eyes to the east, and then relax!

 

Gregory2Smith1

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• May 25, 2017

• #12

http://www.isstracker.co.uk/

 

easynow

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jakarta

• May 25, 2017

• #13

clippedgull said:

Tonights Brighton sightings:



Thu May 25, 11:12 PM 6 min 72° 10° above WSW 11° above ENE
Fri May 26, 00:48 AM 6 min 75° 10° above W 11° above E
Fri May 26, 2:25 AM 6 min 57° 10° above W 10° above ESE

General tips: Look west, up in the dark sky, wait for fast moving star like object (17,500mph!) follow with eyes to the east, and then relax!

Click to expand...

Cheers

 

whitelion

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Dec 16, 2003

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• May 25, 2017

• #14

Hopefully the smoke from the Lewes fire won't affect this.

I'm off outside in a moment - Question Time on pause.

 

easynow

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jakarta

• May 25, 2017

• #15

Amazing! Perfect night for it!

 

whitelion

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• May 25, 2017

• #16

Absolutely fantastic.

Sky clear and lots of twinkling stars - then from the SW comes the ISS and impressive it was - would have loved to see it through a telescope.

Almost looked as if it passed overhead.

 

skipper734

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• May 25, 2017

• #17

spot on . Very clear tonight. No smoke down this far west.

 

portlock seagull

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Jul 28, 2003

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• May 25, 2017

• #18

I think you can get before it reaches our small moon...

 

symyjym

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Brighton / Hove actually

• May 25, 2017

• #19

It's amazing how bright it is.

 

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golddene

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• May 25, 2017

• #20

I've been trying to spot it for years, realise now I've been looking in the wrong direction. My garden faces south so assumed it would be low on the horizon looking southwards but not tonight, I happened to look virtually overhead but northwards when I saw what must have been it as it was travelling west to east. It appeared to be triangular shape or at least the lights were, could one of you guys confirm if that is what it was, cheers