International Space Station Overhead tonight - twice

wez130 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:08

i saw it at 23.01 in boro, just looked like a star going fast across the sky, i couldn't make out the solar panels though, i got some pics on my dSLR, will have to see....

they were crap lol.

Tommy B · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:09

fothsn said:
Just flown by 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)

Half 12, so in 1 hour 30.

http://esa.heavens-above.com/esa/iss_step2.asp?Loc=Sevenoaks&Lat=51.278&Lng=0.187&TZ=GMT

Nick1881 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:09

I think I saw it, was almost like a plane but it made no noise and no flashing lights, watched it go all the way over, it was really moving fast.

Kinda like a star just flew right over, that sound about right?

JIM_BOB7813 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:09

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

August 12th, meteor shower \o/
linky

edit: link2

Slinwagh · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:11

I am just editing a video now of the passing, no tripod sorry as i was in a rush, I will link for you in a minute.

a4ron · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:11

Well i have just seen this shoot in the sky. I could make out the solar panels it was that clear, didn't expect to move that fast.

FreeStream · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:12

Must use lower F number next time and 16mm instead of 10mm!!

350D - ISO 100 - some shutter speed, 50 seconds or something

Gonzo0 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:12

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

lookitsjonno · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:13

wonder how far it's travelled between sightings

Fothsn · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:13

Concorde Rules said:
Pic+++

Must use lower F number next time and 16mm instead of 10mm!!

350D - ISO 100 - some shutter speed, 50 seconds or something

Very nice

shame I cant get my camera all set up tonight

Droolinggimp · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:14

Not exactly the brightest thing in the sky.. very small dot traveling very fast

i-bert · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:14

I don't know if thats just because the camera was shaking because i couldn't see any shape through the binoculars.I just put the camera on full digital zoom and thats what i got.

i-bert · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:15

droolinggimp said:
Not exactly the brightest thing in the sky.. very small dot traveling very fast

It was the brightest from where i was watching,by some margin.

Fothsn · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:15

i-bert said:
It was the brightest from where i was watching,by some margin.

Me too! made a plane passing look like an ant in the sky

Dwbreeze1982 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:17

just a bit more zoom on that picture and it would be sweet. Nice pics guys. I just saw a star fly over really fast when i went outside. Nice tho

Gonzo0 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:17

I-bert that looks like a plane lol, i could only see one bright dot and the solar panels around it

Byron5184 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:18

jonno.co.uk said:
wonder how far it's travelled between sightings

Approximately 25'000 miles

It's moving at 17'210mph at a height ranging between 199-215 miles above the Earth.

FreeStream · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:20

Thats what my 70-300 USM IS can do

1/50th, IS on, F/5.6

800% btw.

Edit:

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

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.

Droolinggimp · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:20

i-bert said:
It was the brightest from where i was watching,by some margin.

I know it was that ISS as it was the only thing moving at great speed and in the right direction so pretty dissapointed lots of people saw it brighter than me..

Is it Mars I can see south just above the horizon? I got my telescope out and got a good view of it but as it is only a cheapo one it was a bit blurry. That is the brightest thing in the sky for me tonight.

Goin out tonight at 12:30 to get another look.

Byron5184 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:21

droolinggimp said:
I know it was that ISS as it was the only thing moving at great speed and in the right direction so pretty dissapointed lots of people saw it brighter than me..

Is it Mars I can see south just above the horizon? I got my telescope out and got a good view of it but as it is only a cheapo one it was a bit blurry. That is the brightest thing in the sky for me tonight.

Yes, im sure that is Mars as i believe that is the brightest star in the sky normally. That or perhaps Venus but i dont know how bright Venus can get.