International Space Station visible again

[DanFmDorking]

The International Space Station is visible again from Fri 15th for the next 10 evenings.
Tonight should be particularly good as it's for 6 minutes

Fri May 15, 10:50 PM - 6 min - rising from the SW

Try these various links and/or select your own location.
NASA page for London

ISS - Visible Passes 10 day predictions for London

ISS Interactive 3D Visualization

NASA ISS Live Stream - Earth From Space
This one is quite interesting because if 'LIVE NOW' is at the top left it's LIVE. Otherwise, as the Space Station goes into night every 45 mins, the video stream is unavailable. During this time, and other breaks in transmission, recorded footage is shown. When it's back in daylight the live stream should start again.

Let's hope for clear skies - Good Luck!

Wow.

Thanks for this thread. I saw it really clearly this evening, surprised how quick it was. We must have looked funny stood in the middle of our street.

Yep, shookbelves it was a good sighting tonight.

Hee, hee, me too LokisLover I was standing outside.

Saw it! Took a big pair of binoculars out; Christ it moves quickly when you look at it with any kind of magnification.

Christ it moves quickly

I think it's about 17,000 mph

It's glorious today, totally clear skies. Fingers crossed for the same later, I was having so much fun spotting satellites last night.

Yes SirSamuel - clear skies

It's due twice tonight
Wed May 20, 10:04 PM - 6 min - rising from WSW
and
Wed May 20, 11:41 PM - 6 min - rising from W

i went out last night and saw it....I often nick out if my ISS app goes off.

...went out sunday and got as far as the doorstep, as it was absolutely pouring with rain, had not realised at all, usually it hammers against the windows, but it was very still but very rainy!

I might look out at ten but it's not in the least bit dark here just now, so not sure if I'll spot it.

ahhh...looks like we don't have the earlier pass this far north, so nevermind!

Was literally scrolling and saw your post at 10.04, went outside and there it was! Amazing to see in a clear dark blue sky. Thanks for the tip.

What does it actually look like? Is it obvious?

cissy - glad you saw it

Magnolia - Yes, I would say it's obvious - It looks like a fast moving aircraft, seen as a steady - not blinking - white point of light. Typically it will be the brightest object in the sky (except for the moon). I hope this helps.
Try and see it at 11:41 tonight - Good Luck.

@LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow which app do you have please? I used to get the emails from NASA but then they stopped doing them

Too cloudy here though I don't know where to look!

Gotthetshirt23 - 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.
(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.

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

I saw it last night, so bright and fast.

Thanks OP

Have been outside so many times and never seen it, I'm beginning to think it's all a fake! I'll keep trying. Maybe I have my back to it as it streaks across the sky!

I saw it last night for the first time. Note to self: next time WEAR YOUR DISTANCE GLASSES so it's not just a fuzzy blob and take a torch/phone out with me so I don't trip up the steps.

Is it visible tonight?

@CurseryKinkajoo it's the ISS DETECTOR APP little blue square with a white ISS drawn over

It's free, but you can upgrade. Also for this app it says times in GMT which is worth remembering for a lot of apps, GMT= UTC which is mostly used for spacey type stuff, but if you set a notification it alarms at the right time iyswim
soooo..if you look and it says the ISS is going over at 10.04 pm then it means GMT but will notify you at 11.04 BST
for a while I thought it was going craycray! :o

Fab, thank you

@LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow

Thanks I got the app so if it says tonight itll be 10.53pm it really means 11.53 because we are on bst...is that right?

If you follow Virtual Astro on Twitter, they do updates on when it's visible.

Saw it last night. Best was when it appeared on Christmas Eve

@cyclingmad YES! ... set it to notify you and it will alarm at the time you need to go out .

Due tonight at -
Thu May 21, 10:53 PM, 6 min, rising in the W
Unfortunately, my forecast area says partially cloudy

@notchickenagain - Please keep looking - tonight it will be 6 minutes from horizon to horizon - Good luck.

@TeaForTara - yep - at 10:53pm

@cyclingmad - nope, 10:53pm BST or Mumsnet time or BBC time

Let's hope for clear skies