International Space Station Overhead tonight - twice

lookitsjonno · 6 Aug 2007 at 22:55

i think the neighbours think i'm a right peeping tom with bonoculars out at this time

G-MAN2004 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:00

Did I just see a shooting star? White line zoomed across the sky and vanished within a few seconds.

Massive Attack · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:01

ok guys just seen it fly over my hiouse which is south west (bath) so you lot in midlands should see it in a few mins looks like a really bright start traveling super fast

Tommy B · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:02

Cool, but it just looked like an extremely bright star moving at warp speed across the sky. And the times were off by 2 minutes.

Malt_Vinegar · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:02

G-MAN2004 said:
Did I just see a shooting star? White line zoomed across the sky and vanished within a few seconds.

Sounds like it

JIM_BOB7813 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:03

G-MAN2004 said:
Did I just see a shooting star? White line zoomed across the sky and vanished within a few seconds.

I thought I saw one too out of the corner of my eye!

Gonzo0 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:03

just saw it again wooo, could see the solar panels

lookitsjonno · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:03

looked like a star to me? is this right?

Byron5184 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:04

Just saw it to the east of Nottingham, that thing was motoring accross the sky. Was about 10 degrees off vertical to see it and it went into the shadow of the earth before it disappeared over the horizon.

Very impressive

Trifid · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:04

So why did it fly over twice in the last 2 hours?

ic1male · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:04

Cheers for the heads up! Me and my Mum were stood in the middle of the street looking at it. The neighbours' curtains were twitching wondering what we were doing!

SaBBz · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:04

jonno.co.uk said:
looked like a star to me? is this right?

Yep, but moving quite quickly across the sky

Gonzo0 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:04

jonno.co.uk said:
looked like a star to me? is this right?

It looks like a very bright star moving quickly and you can just make out the solar panels

G-MAN2004 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:04

Gonzo0 said:
just saw it again wooo, could see the solar panels

Same. Really clear.

Fothsn · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:04

Just flown by :cool:

was really bright had a nice light glare to it.

Is there another fly by tomorrow night? Can get my Nikon SLR ready (Beast of a camera)

Gonzo0 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:06

Here is all the viewings for Derby/midlands people:

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realda...ntry=United_Kingdom&region=England&city=Derby

Pants · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:06

That was brilliant. More impressive than i thought. :cool:

Glaucus · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:07

Did anyone take any photos?

lookitsjonno · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:07

Gonzo0 said:
Here is all the viewings for Derby/midlands people:

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realda...ntry=United_Kingdom&region=England&city=Derby

another in an hour and a half then?

looked like star to me, didnt see any solar panels?

must have been it as no other stars were moving that fast lol