International Space Station Overhead tonight - twice

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Thought i'd update this thread again, THREE years later, wow :o

Anyway, times up until 12th August 2010:

For starts, max and ends, the data is layed out as so: Time, altitude (IE degrees above horizon) and rough heading.

Date - Magnitude - Starts - Max Brightness - Ends
7 Aug -1.7 05:17:24 10 SSW 05:19:47 22 SSE 05:22:09 10 E
8 Aug -0.8 04:11:07 10 SSE 04:11:54 11 SE 04:12:40 10 ESE
9 Aug -1.9 04:36:33 12 SSW 04:38:37 24 SSE 04:41:06 10 E
10 Aug -1.0 03:30:53 12 SE 03:30:53 12 SE 03:31:56 10 ESE
10 Aug -3.1 05:02:37 10 SW 05:05:31 48 SSE 05:08:24 10 E
11 Aug -2.2 03:56:48 24 S 03:57:23 26 SSE 03:59:58 10 E
11 Aug -3.5 05:29:32 10 WSW 05:32:31 81 S 05:35:30 10 E
12 Aug -3.3 04:22:41 23 SW 04:24:15 52 SSE 04:27:10 10 E

5th June 2010


You should see it moving across the sky, quicker than anything, brighter than anything.

West to east.

Have fun :)
 
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andy said:
im in the same boat tbh , havent got a compass and have never ever had any reason to find out which way south is
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Errrr

So you can read maps can you then? :confused:

Sorry but knowing where north, east south and west is basic knowledge and its pretty stupid you don't know :/


st@nners said:
Im going to have a look for this tonight,

anyone going to take some pics?
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Im going to try and get a long exposure of it, got two chances. lol.
 
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Must use lower F number next time and 16mm instead of 10mm!!

350D - ISO 100 - some shutter speed, 50 seconds or something :p
 
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Thats what my 70-300 USM IS can do

1/50th, IS on, F/5.6

800% btw.


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Gonzo0 said:
For the poeple who still missed it there is another viewing again at 00:33, so in a bout 1 and a half hours or so look here:

10 DEG ABOVE WEST
DURATION <1 Minute
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No, its a 0.6 which means you need a telescope or some form of magnification to see it, and finding it when you can't actually see where it is will be hard.
 
PhatPhish said:
Will the sighting in an hour still be southwards?
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You won't be able to see it unless you have a reasonably powerful telescope, once it reaches us, its behind the earth, so no light hits it.

Next is tomorrow at 9:45 :)
 
ScarySquirrel said:
Ah cool, makes sense now. I bet I forget when it gets to 10:08 tonight :(

I have a DSLR with a 300mm lens, would that be good as a makeshift pair of binoculars?
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All I got was a blob @ 300mm with my 350D.

Probs the 1/50ths shutter speed didn't help much :p

1/150th might be better... hmmm...
 
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