ISS Sightings

retired · 09-29-2024, 10:00 AM

Did you watch the international space station go by last night? We went onto the boathouse at 7:24 and saw it move northwest to east directly above us. It took about 5 minutes to cross the sky. Pretty cool. Reminded me of when Skylab fell to earth back in July of 1979.

rick35 · 09-29-2024, 07:42 PM

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Did you watch the international space station go by last night? We went onto the boathouse at 7:24 and saw it move northwest to east directly above us. It took about 5 minutes to cross the sky. Pretty cool. Reminded me of when Skylab fell to earth back in July of 1979.

The next sighting for Meredith is at 7:25 Monday evening for 6 minutes going WNW to SE. Your post got me thinking that it would be interesting to see it again. You can see future sighting opportunities at spotthestation.nasa.gov.

rick35 · 09-29-2024, 08:03 PM

And I remember watching for Skylab when it fell. One of the recent cool celestial events was watching a string of Starlink satellites deploy. Astronomers are complaing that the satellites are interfering with celestial viewing. I guess that's a form of photobombing.

Loub52 · 09-29-2024, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by retired

Did you watch the international space station go by last night? We went onto the boathouse at 7:24 and saw it move northwest to east directly above us. It took about 5 minutes to cross the sky. Pretty cool. Reminded me of when Skylab fell to earth back in July of 1979.

Yep. It was unmistakable to see. Thinking of all the astronauts have served on it and two of the latest that will have been in orbit for 8 months following a planned 10 day stay.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-SIyey_Yo1k

webmaster · 09-30-2024, 02:11 PM

NASA’s new Spot the Station app is really nice and sends you a notification when a sighting is coming up:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spot-t...n/id6449235044

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...SpotTheStation

ishoot308 · 09-30-2024, 06:35 PM

Good view of it tonight going over the lake!

Dan

Hillcountry · 10-01-2024, 09:55 AM

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Good view of it tonight going over the lake!

Dan

Dan, was it directly overhead? I didn’t see it (probably too many trees?)

rickylake · 10-01-2024, 02:28 PM

What website do you use to get info on the space station, where and when it passes overhead? TIA

Bear Guy · 10-01-2024, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by rickylake

What website do you use to get info on the space station, where and when it passes overhead? TIA

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/

Winilyme · 10-01-2024, 03:31 PM

See post #5 above.

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retired Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Belmont, NH Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 50 Times in 26 Posts	ISS Sightings Did you watch the international space station go by last night? We went onto the boathouse at 7:24 and saw it move northwest to east directly above us. It took about 5 minutes to cross the sky. Pretty cool. Reminded me of when Skylab fell to earth back in July of 1979.

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