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ISS really bright this week

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  • 13-06-2011 10:58pm
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    jkforde
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    not really limited to this here town but the ISS is going to be really bright this week, here's a list of the times, should be good this morning around 00:15 and 01:50 :D

    🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️



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    dnme
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    Just saw it, (1:54 am). Stunning, it hurls through the sky, also even at this late hour, there is still an orange horizon out west from here (Co. Sligo) and a near full moon in the opposite direction. The whole thing is simply moving. Wonders of the universe.


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    _Whimsical_
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    Definitely worth keeping an eye for. This is a pic of it crossing Kildare recently.

    The-moon-rises-over-Monstarboice-Co-Kildare-as-the-International-Space-Station-zooms-across-the-sky.-Image-Shane-Murphy.jpg


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    Chicken1
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    Is that the white streak above the Moon ?


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    Ficheall
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    Saw it at 3:30ish this morn.

    Pretty meh.


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    _Whimsical_
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    Theres a full lunar eclipse visible from Ireland tonight...and at sociable hours too. Total eclipse happens at 10pm and at 10.06 pm the space station will be trailing past over the moon so worth watching out for the sake of novelty value if you happen to be looking skyward .


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    dnme
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    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    Theres a full lunar eclipse visible from Ireland tonight...and at sociable hours too. Total eclipse happens at 10pm and at 10.06 pm the space station will be trailing past over the moon so worth watching out for the sake of novelty value if you happen to be looking skyward .

    It'll be daylight and it'll undoubtedly be cloudy, dull and grey.


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    Ficheall
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    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    Theres a full lunar eclipse visible from Ireland tonight...and at sociable hours too. Total eclipse happens at 10pm and at 10.06 pm the space station will be trailing past over the moon so worth watching out for the sake of novelty value if you happen to be looking skyward .

    Source?
    The internet says it's at 7:30pm...


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    _Whimsical_
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    Ficheall wrote: »
    Source?
    The internet says it's at 7:30pm...
    Met eireann.Rte weather forecast at one today
    Actually which are you asking about? The eclipse began at around 5 and will continue until 10 when full eclipse will be achieved. The weather forecast gave 10.06 as the time for the iss and said to watch above the moon for it.


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    jkforde
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    Ficheall wrote: »
    Source?
    The internet says it's at 7:30pm...

    Moon rise over here is at 22.01. the ISS will be visible as well starting at 23.43 :)

    🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️



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    Ash.J.Williams
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    think i saw it last night accidently...about 12.07am..??


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    ScumLord
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    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    Definitely worth keeping an eye for. This is a pic of it crossing Kildare recently.

    The-moon-rises-over-Monstarboice-Co-Kildare-as-the-International-Space-Station-zooms-across-the-sky.-Image-Shane-Murphy.jpg
    It must move pretty fast, the moon moves fairly quickly across the sky and doesn't seem to have moved at all in that photo.


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    extraice
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    pity all clouds , nice two see it


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    Storm 10
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    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    think i saw it last night accidently...about 12.07am..??

    Nope whatever you saw it was not the space staion, its not orbiting in this part of the World at present, checK the link on a regular basis and it will tell you when you can see it but it wont be for a while yet.

    LINK: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Galway


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    KevR
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    It must move pretty fast, the moon moves fairly quickly across the sky and doesn't seem to have moved at all in that photo.

    It travels at 27,743kmh/17,239mph and orbits the earth in 91 minutes. It orbits the earth 16 times per day so it experiences 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets per day.


    :eek:


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