ISS Sightings for the next week or so

[DanFmDorking]

Hi there.
The International Space Station will be visible in the evenings again for the next week or so.

Date Time....How long....Appears
Sat Sep 21, 7:37 pm...1 min...10° above SSE
Sat Sep 21, 9:11 pm...2 min...10° above SW

Sun Sep 22, 8:23 pm...4 min...11° above SSW
Sun Sep 22, 9:59 pm...1 min...10° above WSW

Mon Sep 23, 7:35 pm...5 min...11° above SSW
Mon Sep 23, 9:10 pm...3 min...10° above WSW

Tue Sep 24, 8:22 pm...5 min...10° above SW
Tue Sep 24, 9:58 pm...1 min...10° above W

Wed Sep 25, 7:34 pm...6 min...10° above SW
Wed Sep 25, 9:10 pm...3 min...10° above W

Thu Sep 26, 8:22 pm...4 min...18° above WSW
Thu Sep 26, 9:58 PM...1 min...10° above W

Fri Sep 27, 7:34 PM...5 min...22° above WSW
Fri Sep 27, 9:11 PM...2 min...18° above W

Sat Sep 28, 8:23 PM...3 min...27° above W
Sat Sep 28, 9:58 PM...1 min...10° above W

Sun Sep 29, 7:35 PM...4 min...34° above WSW
Sun Sep 29, 9:10 PM...1 min...18° above W

Mon Sep 30, 8:23 PM...3 min...27° above W
Mon Sep 30, 9:58 PM...1 min...11° above W

Tue Oct 1, 7:35 PM...4 min...43° above W
Tue Oct 1, 9:10 PM...2 min...14° above W

Wed Oct 2, 8:22 PM...2 min...26° above W

So, where do I look ??
Go outside, your BACK to the NORTH, facing SOUTH (obviously). To your RIGHT is the WEST, your LEFT is to the EAST.
It should rise in the SOUTH WEST(ish) and race across the sky and set to the EAST(ish).
(It’s bright enough to see through a thin layer of clouds and from horizon to horizon it should last a few minutes).

I wouldn't bother trying with any duration of one minute or less.

Link to NASA site.

Don't bother with a telescope, the ISS is far too fast.
Your eyes are best (or even binoculars).

Let's hope for clear skies - Good Luck

Brilliant, thanks for this. Lots of opportunities for a sighting .

Just a few minutes to - it's a bit cloudy here though.

thanks a million for this, OP.
Bookmarked!

Brilliant, cheers OP!

I've just noticed that Wed.25th is going to be a brilliant night for me. A six minute sighting and it's my birthday! How neat is that?

Thank you!

Christ, thought this meant ISIS sightings.

Great information, thank you

Thank you OP

Me too, Talented! I opened it with trepidation...

Oooh thank you. Will look out tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up.
I get the alerts but the last ones were all at stupid o'clock in the morning. Nice to have it back at a civilised hour.

Thank you

It's due in 20 minutes but it's cloudy where I am - good luck

This is fantastic thank you for posting it. We will be in the garden tomorrow trying to figure it out.

Just seen it! Thank you.

Wow, we just saw it really clearly!

DS11 was totally entranced. Thank you so much, DanFM!

Piedimperial - 'tis my pleasure - and the skies cleared for me to see it as well.
A very short one later at 9:59, probably best viewed on the South coast.

20 minutes to go for this evenings first sighting but it's cloudy where I am.

Bum - it's cloudy here

Hello Dan, I hope the skies cleared up for you.

Quick question: I don't suppose you know any good star-gazing type apps?

The DC have made me download the NASA app, and as they seem interested in the night sky generally now, I thought they might enjoy a star map app - just thought I'd ask on the off-chance you were interested in all things up in space and could recommend one!

Hello PiedImperial - (Sorry, I didn't see your message yesterday.)
I don't have anything on my phone but I use Stellarium on my desktop which is an open-source free-software planetarium, it's terrific.
Good luck for 8:22 tonight.
Dan

About 15 minutes to go.

Oh Heck!
Just arrived late back from work and missed it.
Happy Birthday Katinski

If it's 10 or 11 degrees above the horizon that's not the best really. A couple of years ago it came over regularly about 80 degrees. One night as we watched it fade away over Prague two other satellites shot overhead, unusually going south to north.