International Space Station visible tonight

[ahoyshipmates]

Hi all, if you are in the southern half of England, you can see the space station passing over tonight very soon.
Timing for London is 11.32pm for 7 minutes, and again an hour and a half later at 1.08am for 7 minutes. Travelling W to E.

I used to live taking the dc out to watch this when they were small

Any early Perseids spotted yet?

Ahh gutted I missed this post! Hope you saw it brightly OP.

@Catawaul

Ahh gutted I missed this post! Hope you saw it brightly OP.

Yes, I did - saw it the night before too.

It can be seen again tonight at 10.44pm, and again at 12.21am.

Saturday 11.34pm
Sunday 10.47pm

There are other times, but they are probably the best ones.

@gardeninggirl68

I used to live taking the dc out to watch this when they were small

Any early Perseids spotted yet?

Perseid shower starts today 16th July and continues to its peak on the night between 12/13 August, finishing 23rd August.

I shall probably be found standing in the middle of the playing fields up the road, late at night, staring upwards in vain...

i'll be walking the dog looking upwards!!

every year i plan to drive out somewhere remote with no light pollution. a good few weeks ago i was with a group of friends doing 3 peaks challenge and got a great view from near one of the mountains

Gentle bump for this evening's sighting at 11.34pm

@ahoyshipmates - thanks for this thread

Time: Sat Jul 17 11:34 PM, Visible: 7 min, Max Height: 46°, Appears: 10° above WSW, Disappears: 10° above E

For anyone in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne area.

Quite soon now...

Thanks OP just had fun watching it go over

@pitterpatterrain Amazing isn't it? Over 17,000 miles an hour, and they'll be round the world and back again in 90 minutes...

We wave to it

How can you see it?

It is amazing - and pretty meditative watching it smoothly go over

It must really change your view of earth going into space

ItsVousNotMoi for me (London) it’s gone now - roughly around the timing I look out for a bright dot / star in the sky that is steadily moving from West to East - doesn’t flash like an aeroplane etc

@IRanSoFarAway1

Oh....I thought I saw this about an hour ago! Is that possible? I just thought I must be wrong as I hadn't heard anything about it.

It circumnavigates the Earth every 90 minutes or so, and is visible in the UK fairly regularly. It has to be the right time of day, either just after dark or just before dawn, when the sky looks dark to us, and the sun is still shining on it, lighting it up. The orbit isn't always over us as it is now, but it has been visible several times over the last few days.

Next opportunity is tonight at around 10.47pm, travelling from west to east and it takes several minutes to cross the sky. It looks like a star.

Sighting times for London over the next week.

Thu Jul 22, 10:51 PM - 6 min

Fri Jul 23, 10:04 PM - 7 min
Fri Jul 23, 11:41 PM - 4 min

Sat Jul 24, 10:53 PM - 5 min

Sun Jul 25, 10:06 PM - 7 min
Sun Jul 25, 11:43 PM - 3 min

Mon Jul 26, 10:56 PM - 4 min

Tue Jul 27, 10:08 PM - 6 min

Wed Jul 28, 10:58 PM - 3 min

Thu Jul 29, 10:11 PM - 5 min

Let's hope for clear skies - Good Luck

Thank you !

Thu 22nd - Half an hour to go!

I'm sitting on our outdoor sofa watching it right now (in Hampshire).

Fri 23rd - Half an hour to go

Thank you for this. I can't seem to get the spot the station emails anymore. I've tried to renew a couple of times but I never get the alerts.

@megletthesecond - I've never bothered with the emails - I just check whenever I remember or lookout when someone else starts an ISS thread - thank you @ahoyshipmates

Too cloudy for me tonight though

Sat Jul 24, 10:53 - soon!

We've just seen it outside DDs bedroom window. She's 10 and having a late night as her cousin is here for a sleepover. It's really amazing stuff! thanks for the heads up.