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  • 24-02-2012 8:03pm
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    Maudi
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    hi..was just out at the car and spotted something slowly passing overhead from south west to north east..about starsize and brightness..space station? satellite?i own a telescope and occasionally stargaze so if anybody is gona say aeroplane please dont....


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    Prenderb
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    Sounds exactly like the ISS (International Space Station), this was due around that time.

    for more sightings, look up www.heavens-above.com


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    Cú Giobach
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    I agree with Prenderb about the ISS, it passed over about 10 mins before you posted. :)


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    Maudi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭Maudi


    Cú Giobach wrote: »
    I agree with Prenderb about the ISS, it passed over about 10 mins before you posted. :)
    thanks guys..i knew it was summat along those lines i remember once in belarus (i used to have it timed to pass overhead) i said to a workmate 'keep looking up and in a few minutes you'l see this object passing overhead' his jaw dropped when it did..he was amazed..had never really looked up before...and he has since bought a telescope...the skies in belarus i recall were brillianty lit with stars cos of the lack of light pollution.


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