ISS, Tiangong, Satellites Over Puna

[TomK]

SoCal - my pleasure and thanks for the feedback. It was a particularly good pass last night as it was so bright. It's not always quite as good as that!

[TomK]

Paul - if you go back to http://stuffin.space/ and center things on Hawaii, you'll see a whole bunch of grey spots moving around. Those are large pieces of debris. Move your cursor over them and you'll see "DEB" at the end of the name. DEB = debris.

The site only includes the larger pieces of debris. There are hundreds of thousands of smaller pieces orbiting the Earth.

https://youtu.be/IOwv1j-fUbo

[SoCal_to_Hawaii]

PaulW - I did not see any flashes beforehand.

[TomK]

Next really good evening opportunity to see the ISS in the evening is 19th June. It can be viewed before then but mostly between 4 and 5am. There's another evening opportunity before 19th June but the sky will be bright.

If anyone wants early morning viewing info, let me know, otherwise I'll send a reminder about the June opportunity nearer the time.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

If you're up early Wednesday morning, the ISS will be visible over Puna again:

Time: Wed May 04 4:59 AM,
Visible: 4 min,
Max Height: 73°,
Appears: 17° above SW,
Disappears: 20° above NNE

Famous Last Words. Oscar Wilde: "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do."

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

This should be a pretty good pass tonight, the ISS will be visible for 6 minutes:

Thu May 26 8:02 PM
Visible: 6 min
Max Height: 61°
Appears: 11° above SW
Disappears: 11° above NNE

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky

[PaulW]

Thanks!

[TomK]

There's a very bright pass of the ISS Sunday evening (19th June).

Rises 20:01 in the NW, highest point at 20:04:23 in the NE, elevation approx 73 degrees above the horizon so very high in the sky, goes into the Earth's shadow at 20:06 in the SE. Brightest magnitude is -3.4 which is very bright, so should be easy to spot given a clear sky.

Sky track: http://goo.gl/2MJ3O8
Ground track: http://goo.gl/I2aUH6

[PaulW]

merci

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

If you've ever wondered what goes on in the ISS as it passes overhead, here's a virtual video tour by the European Space Agency:

http://www.space.com/33164-virtual-tour-...ation.html

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky