ISS Back Tonight

Hoof_Hearted

That was something else. Not to take away from the moon, that's something else as well tonight. Great clear skies here too.

Hoof_Hearted

Last_Minute wrote: »

Does it look like a bright star moving fast across the sky? The light being non-flashing?

That's it!

ireland.man

Amazing! Very happy I checked up this thread earlier, cheers everyone!

Last_Minute

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

That's it!

Great! I went outside and i thought it was either the ISS or a plane until i noticed an actual aircraft with flashing lights. Fantastic!

irishgeo

just bought these in the post iss glow.

greedygoblin

Times for the next few nights:

Sat: 23:09 - 23:14
Sun: 00:46 - 00:47
22:20 - 22:27
23:57 - 00:00
Mon: 23:08 - 23:12
Tue: 00:44 - 00:45
22:19 - 22:25
23:55 - 23:58

ankaragucu

I have the exact same ones Geo, very happy with them.

Hoof_Hearted

greedygoblin wrote: »

Times for the next few nights:

Sat: 23:09 - 23:14
Sun: 00:46 - 00:47
22:20 - 22:27
23:57 - 00:00
Mon: 23:08 - 23:12
Tue: 00:44 - 00:45
22:19 - 22:25
23:55 - 23:58

Cheers! The hammock is definitely going up tomorrow for a sleep out so!

ireland.man

irishgeo wrote: »

just bought these in the post iss glow.

Is it possible to see actual detail or the shape of the ISS with any binoculars?

Karl Stein

ireland.man wrote: »

Is it possible to see actual detail or the shape of the ISS with any binoculars?

You'd want to be lying on your back pointing east-west and have a steady hand I'd imagine. I tried it before standing up and couldn't get it.

ireland.man

Karl Stein wrote: »

You'd want to be lying on your back pointing east-west and have a steady hand I'd imagine. I tried it before standing up and couldn't get it.

But it is possible which is great to know, I'll see about getting a pair. I've been using 10x50 binoculars and they're great but of course offer nothing else as regards the ISS.

Cheers

Thor

It was a great night for it and was great seeing it float on by.

Took a few bad images, but glad I at least caught it going on by.

irishgeo

ireland.man wrote: »

Is it possible to see actual detail or the shape of the ISS with any binoculars?

i didnt get them just for that, i been meaning to get a pair for star gazing anyway. i got one of the best dark sky areas in europe on my doorstep. achill island with a view over the Atlantic and zero light pollution.

so ill be using them for that. plus they will be good for plane spotting and boat spotting as well. using marinetraffic and flightradar as a guide.

MagicIRL

Chris Hadfield (the legend that he is!) posted this on Facebook. It's taken from the ISS last night and you can see what exactly the resupply module looks like!

irishgeo

will the resupply module have docked by our only pass tonight.

Prenderb

www.heavens-above.com

Great website - put in your location and it gives you predicted times for passes as well as magnitude. It has ISS and ATV times in there too.

smartphone apps also available!

Just worth noting that there's a couple of minutes either side depending on where you are in the country, not many, but maybe enough to miss it, so double check times for your area.

Prenderb

irishgeo wrote: »

will the resupply module have docked by our only pass tonight.

Looks like it will be seen separately this evening too.

ankaragucu

Cloudy tonight.............

is mise spartacus

Haven't seen the ISS for a long time (a few months ago but anyway I'm impatient ) it's always cloudy down here

Bongalongherb

Thundery showers continuing in the midlands and Ulster for the rest of this evening. Heavy rain in Munster will extend into Leinster and east Ulster early tonight and continue overnight with localised flooding. Drier to the west and northwest. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees.

irishgeo

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Thundery showers continuing in the midlands and Ulster for the rest of this evening. Heavy rain in Munster will extend into Leinster and east Ulster early tonight and continue overnight with localised flooding. Drier to the west and northwest. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees.

Clear skies in achill. Should be a good viewing.

Bongalongherb

irishgeo wrote: »

Clear skies in achill. Should be a good viewing.

I'd love those skies over in achill, I'd say it's something else viewing the sky with no light pollution there. I live 1 mile from Dublin airport and the light pollution is very bad so the only thing giving me a viewable sky is the night-vision scope.

I think I might move down the country in the middle of nowhere in a few years just for the clear sky.

irishgeo

Bongalongherb wrote: »

I'd love those skies over in achill, I'd say it's something else viewing the sky with no light pollution there. I live 1 mile from Dublin airport and the light pollution is very bad so the only thing giving me a viewable sky is the night-vision scope.

I think I might move down the country in the middle of nowhere in a few years just for the clear sky.

Its amazing on afrosy night with no moon. Can't wait to get my binos. Then I'll get a scope.

Delightfully Bright

There were 2 bright spots moving across the sky from west to east tonight. One was the ISS so I presume the other was its supply ship. They were a few minutes apart however so I'm wondering had they already docked and undocked?

irishgeo

Wonderful viewing. A full 5 mins from west to east. Even the moon went behind a cloud. Really need to get my SLR camera out. I didn't see the supply ship but it was very bright so maybe it was just in front of or behind the ISS.

Ice Storm

Too cloudy to see anything out my way tonight.

Bongalongherb

Raining here at Dublin airport so a no-show tonight.

greedygoblin

Also too cloudy here.

Delightfully Bright wrote: »

There were 2 bright spots moving across the sky from west to east tonight. One was the ISS so I presume the other was its supply ship. They were a few minutes apart however so I'm wondering had they already docked and undocked?

Quite likely. You can see where the ATV is relative to the ISS here.

The supply ship isn't due to dock with the ISS until the 12th August. After that, it will stay docked for anywhere up to 6 months. It will be used for storing waste material before being released to fall back to Earth where it will burn up in the atmosphere.

Interestingly, the ATV is equipped with some high-tech cameras to record it's disintegration as it descends (linky).

Hoof_Hearted

Cloudy and wet here last night. It must be wonderful in Achill irishgeo. Greedygoblin thanks for those links and info, more excitement when it undocks in 6 months! Fingers crossed for a clear sky here tonight.

fryup

so whats on the agenda tonight??

iss, full moon, shooting stars, satellites ??