Tonight. ISS.

[The Black Rabbit]

Got a lovely view of the ISS (international space station) about an hour ago.
Best to view just after the sun has gone down (or just before the sun rises) so there is some sunlight to reflect off it in our night sky.

It is coming back again TONIGHT. (Doesn't take long to get around the globe does it?!)
Get a LIVE track of it HERE.
(I think it will track across our sky again in about 45 minutes (ish!) - though the tracker will tell you tonight ( and whenever you want it to, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year- VERY handy!)

Look for a VERY bright satellite, travelling pretty well WEST to EAST.
(no blinking - thats a plane!)

I DO hope there is enough sunlight over the Americas to light it up over our night sky, though there may not be. By the time it has got to the mid point of our sky, it will vanish (no sunlight left to reflect).

Anyway - if there isn't enough sunlight to light it up this time round - thats a VERY handy link for any interested people anyway....

By the way, its got 6 people on board at present I think.
Awww.... google it if you want any more info!

Doug

[juliejam]

Thanx Doug..Im thinkin thats what i must have been looking out while putting the car away about an hr ish ago..very clear sky out ..spotted it in the west very bright..will check it out again very soon ...Thanx for the link very interesting...

Julie

[Bouncytigger]

I've been tryin to see the ISS for a while now to no avail

whenever it appears over Brum its either cloudy or 04.20 in the morning or something

[Madelinew]

COOL!!!! That's what I saw last night! I did wonder if it was the ISS but forgot about it until now. Wasn't it bright?!