International Space Station Overhead tonight - twice

seaviewuk · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:27

lukechad said:
Ah so i may not see it at all here in the midlands?

err I dunno!

I'm not too hot on angles, degrees, elevations etc

Just stick your head out of the window

Drazic · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:27

wez130 said:
tripod essential, whats +2 in timescale?

you need least exposure as possible

Tripod it is.

Not a clue, wish i knew

Google so far showes

Exposure Compensation: Increases or decreases the exposure from -2 to +2 exposure equivalents (EV) in one-third-step increments. Not available in Manual mode, since the user controls the exposure variables directly there.

I will stick it on charge now and have it all ready for tormrow, 6 mins show

lukechad · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:32

seaviewuk said:
err I dunno!

I'm not too hot on angles, degrees, elevations etc

Just stick your head out of the window

Some people have early starts for work

i hold you responsible if i am ratty in the morning

seaviewuk · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:33

lukechad said:
Some people have early starts for work i hold you responsible if i am ratty in the morning

Currently half way across the Pacific heading towards Mexico

lukechad · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:34

The shuttle will be 45 miles closer to ISS this time round too, looking at the stats its doing 30mph more than the ISS

n3crius · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:38

caeteez said:
Apparently its back at 12:05, I'm guessing slightly further North or South than before.

Where you gettin this info from mate?

It gona be anywhere above London?

caeteez · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:39

n3crius said:
Where you gettin this info from mate?

It gona be anywhere above London?

Just off the sites posted on Page 1. I'm guessing it'll be further North or South because thats how objects in orbit like this move. (I think

).

Someone said it will be further South this time.

wez130 · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:42

so, lets look at the maths, ISS is travelling at 17000mph, endeavour (which i shall further call ED), at 10.35pm ish was 3 minutes behind, 1 hour and 35 minutes later, it is going to be 2 minutes behind, so it's made up a minute in just over an hour and a half, that's more than 30mph faster than ISS which ever way you cut it

, considering ISS is travelling the world in an hour and half

lukechad · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:42

n3crius said:
Where you gettin this info from mate?

It gona be anywhere above London?

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html

Follow its progress here, it will be further south than before, first time round it was right above where I am in the midlands, its actually going to be over the channel but I would have thought a sighting would be possible for you in london.

wez130 · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:43

n3crius said:
Where you gettin this info from mate?

It gona be anywhere above London?

for you, and anyone esle who's wondering, from 1st page of this thread, like i mentioned on the last page..........

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realda...on.cgi?country=United_Kingdom&region=Scotland

aftershxck · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:44

Doubt we'll see it in the Midlands today then.. but according to that site we'll see both of them together tomorrow

I'm guessing they'll be docked?

Droolinggimp · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:47

To the OP. Would you think it would be a good idea to post these few links on your original post. They are all ISS tracking sites. They could help people visiting this thread for the first time.

Nasa ISS tracking (real time)
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

ESA (European Space Agency)
http://esa.heavens-above.com/esa/iss_step1.asp?nored=1

Real time Satellite tracking (very good one too)
http://www.n2yo.com/

its all good.

seaviewuk · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:48

aftershxck said:
Doubt we'll see it in the Midlands today then.. but according to that site we'll see both of them together tomorrow I'm guessing they'll be docked?

Correct.

Docking takes place at 18:51 our time tomorrow (Friday)

seaviewuk · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:50

Currently crossing Mexico Will be over here in 15 minutes!!

Droolinggimp · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:51

seaviewuk said:
Currently crossing Mexico Will be over here in 15 minutes!!

Took 11 hours to get back from Mexico 3 years ago..

It is certainly going at some speed..

seaviewuk · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:54

droolinggimp said:
Took 11 hours to get back from Mexico 3 years ago.. It is certainly going at some speed..

I bet most of that was reclaiming luggage

Trivia:

Any returning alien (foreigner to you and me) entering USA on the Shuttle after transfer from the ISS needs a valid visa. Strange but True!

Berserker · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:56

wez130 said:
so, lets look at the maths, ISS is travelling at 17000mph, endeavour (which i shall further call ED), at 10.35pm ish was 3 minutes behind, 1 hour and 35 minutes later, it is going to be 2 minutes behind, so it's made up a minute in just over an hour and a half, that's more than 30mph faster than ISS which ever way you cut it , considering ISS is travelling the world in an hour and half

Slight problem - you forgot about altitude.

The shuttle catches ISS by using a lower (closer to the earth) orbit, thereby being on an arc with a smaller circumference. I haven't done the maths, but it's entirely possible (indeed probable) that the shuttle is moving slower than ISS in pure mph terms.

Missed the first pass. I expect this area is too built up to catch the second, but I'll give it a go.

seaviewuk · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:57

Berserker said:
Slight problem - you forgot about altitude.

The shuttle catches ISS by using a lower (closer to the earth) orbit, thereby being on an arc with a smaller circumference. I haven't done the maths, but it's entirely possible (indeed probably) that the shuttle is moving slower than ISS in pure mph terms.

Wondered where you were

Berserker · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:57

Working (and correcting the error in the post you just quoted).

seaviewuk · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:59

Berserker said:
Working (and correcting the error in the post you just quoted).

Fixed!