Did You See the ISS on Friday?

[Norman]

Did anyone spot the International Space Station on Friday ..... ?

It passes avery 95 minutes or so when its in the correct relative orbit for viewing from this part of the world. It can only be seen however on one or sometimes 2 passes in a particular day either early in the morning or late at night. This is because the only way to see it with the naked eye is to be standing looking into a dark sky whilst the ISS passes above in the sunlight a condition which only arises as dusk or dawn.

Anyway all thats just matter of fact, but what this thread is about is did you see it on Friday night?, this is because it was a bit special and crossed exactly across the face of the moon (or at least it did from a position viewed from cramlington ) ...
It was not the clearest night but still good enough to see.
Although photographing he moon is not easy (especially with auto cameras which get fooled easily) I did manage to get this bit video ..... not as good on youtube as in raw footage but still interesting ......

enjoy .... iss passing moon 11th April 2014 - YouTube

cheers

norm

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Did well to catch that Norman. I didn't realise it travelled so fast.

[The Jester]

I've looked for this many times Norm and never seen it yet, i was told it is visible in the south east, is that correct

Great footage by the way...

[easyfish1]

Probably would of been a better pic if you turned the flash on .....


I was waiting to see something like the death star pass the moon..

Well done for your patience tho Norman...

[Norman]

Theres a very good pass tonight at 9.50pm it will pass just ABOVE the moon.
Look south west and it will approach the moon pass over it and dissapear into the east, It will take about 5 minutes to travel the full sky as we see it.

Remember 21:50 tonight 12th April 2014 ........ I'll be asking questions so watch carefully .... if the sky is clear but so far so good.


heres the pass details the middle is looking directly upwards ... so its about a 45 degree inclination upwards from horizon south and passing from west to east ... good luck




norm

[easyfish1]

Just informed the bride we will be star/space station gazing this evening...

21:50......check

Glass of something ....check

Very tutorial this site....

Thanks Norman...

[g-force]

Good catch Norman - easy to forget that it's flying by at about 17,500mph!
Seen it many times when out fishing, although I didn't catch last night's lunar pass. For those who want to see it this week here are the times of the passes...

NASA - Spot The Station

Gary

[Norman]

Just informed the bride we will be star/space station gazing this evening...

21:50......check

Glass of something ....check

Very tutorial this site....

Thanks Norman...

Aye Rob keep a look out but you only got those exact 5 minutes ........ no sooner or no later, needs an alarm set I keep forgetting

last boring facts ... the ISS travels at about 17,500 mph at a height of 300 miles ....... a sky TV (Astra) satellite is geostationary so that its stable point in sky this (and all other geostationary bits) are at a "staggering" 22,000 miles from the earth ...... no wonder theres a second or so delay ...

enjoy the gin

norm

[The Jester]

I'll be stargazing tonight as well ....

Rob usually sees imaginary space ships at that time on a saturday night anyway....

[Norman]

Good catch Norman - easy to forget that it's flying by at about 17,500mph!
Seen it many times when out fishing, although I didn't catch last night's lunar pass. For those who want to see it this week here are the times of the passes...

NASA - Spot The Station

Gary

cheers Gary, great stuff

norm

[easyfish1]

[QUOTE=Norman;691825]Aye Rob keep a look out but you only got those exact 5 minutes ........ no sooner or no later, needs an alarm set I keep forgetting

last boring facts ... the ISS travels at about 17,500 mph at a height of 300 miles ....... a sky TV (Astra) satellite is geostationary so that its stable point in sky this (and all other geostationary bits) are at a "staggering" 22,000 miles from the earth ...... no wonder theres a second or so delay ...

And after watching your video, it looks very shiny too..

I'm going to watch " Gravity" so I get a bit of a build up to it...

[g-force]

There's also the total lunar eclipse on tuesday night (15th) - hope the clouds keep away for this one!

Gary

[Charlton]

nice one Norman

[The Jester]

Went outside at 9.45 as our lass said "Just in case it comes early" .....i said "its not a bloody bus" but we saw it for the first time Norm, couldnt believe how bright it was... Nice One....

[easyfish1]

Just had the full family unit (and the new cat ) out in the back garden,

Yup.....just seen the death star pass by, quite a bit above the moon..from the S/W

Thanks for that Norman,

the force is strong in that one..