The International Space Station (ISS) will also make several light passes tonight, this week, each brighter than Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. ISS is visible over a much larger path in the sky than the Iridium flares, and thus be visible for a longer period
Make sure you are familiar with the details so you do not stand there wonder why you can not see anything. Common errors include AM and PM confusion, mixing RISE and SET directions and randomly looking for a dimmer satellite instead of the ISS, called the Station.
On the evening of Thursday, January 21, the ISS pass low in N starting at 6:09 p.m. CT. It will turn more to a maximum height of only 16 ° above the horizon in the northeast, and then cross the low Ene over a period of about six minutes. You can estimate 15 degrees altitude in the sky to see the width of your fist held at arm’s length.
Observers have a second chance in the ISS on Friday, January 22. This time, ISS rises above the horizon in the NW around 6:30 CT, swinging high above the heads of about 45 degrees altitude in the northeast, and then drops back to the horizon in ESE, again for a six-minute period.
On Saturday, January 23 ISS makes a new passport from the NW around 6:51 CT to SW, with a maximum height of 40 ° and then back towards the horizon in the SSW about 6:58. Amateurs have reported to see the shuttle docked at the station in small telescopes as it passes over the head lately. But no shuttle mission going on at this point.
International Space Station live external camera view
Make sure you are familiar with the details so you do not stand there wonder why you can not see anything. Common errors include AM and PM confusion, mixing RISE and SET directions and randomly looking for a dimmer satellite instead of the ISS, called the Station.
On the evening of Thursday, January 21, the ISS pass low in N starting at 6:09 p.m. CT. It will turn more to a maximum height of only 16 ° above the horizon in the northeast, and then cross the low Ene over a period of about six minutes. You can estimate 15 degrees altitude in the sky to see the width of your fist held at arm’s length.
Observers have a second chance in the ISS on Friday, January 22. This time, ISS rises above the horizon in the NW around 6:30 CT, swinging high above the heads of about 45 degrees altitude in the northeast, and then drops back to the horizon in ESE, again for a six-minute period.
On Saturday, January 23 ISS makes a new passport from the NW around 6:51 CT to SW, with a maximum height of 40 ° and then back towards the horizon in the SSW about 6:58. Amateurs have reported to see the shuttle docked at the station in small telescopes as it passes over the head lately. But no shuttle mission going on at this point.
International Space Station live external camera view
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