Bright passes (mag -2.0 and brighter) every single morning for the next week between 3-4:30am ...
http://www.heavens-above.com
On May 18/19 you can watch it go over 3 times in succession ...
In fact there is a magnitude -2.0 (or brighter) pass every single night from now until the beginning of June.
On the night of 21 May there are FIVE visible passes in succession and at that point it changes from being an early morning object to a evening object.
18-31 July 2008
There is a visible pass every evening at magnitude -2.0 or greater.
More info at http://www.heavens-above.com
Also some in the next few days if you're prepared to get up at oh-dark-silly o-clock to catch them a bit before sunrise...
Mind you are not insulting Mark there Rick!
Satellite predictions with favourable viewing geometry (>25) for:
Ground Station : High Elms, Farnborough, Kent, England --- JO01AI
Time Zone : UTC (+0.00 h)
in eclipse * in daylight o
^ ^
Date Rising at Peak elevation Setting Height Satellite
Y M D Time Az. Time Az. El Time Az. (peak) Name
====== ========= === ========= === == ========= === ====== =========
080723 21:37:53 261 21:42:38 277 86 21:47:38* 83 ISS
080723 23:13:05 279 23:17:50* 203 81 23:22:50* 104 ISS
080724 00:48:10 282 00:52:48* 210 25 00:57:33* 138 ISS
080724 20:26:23o 247 20:31:08o 168 61 20:36:08o 78 ISS
080724 22:01:27 272 22:06:20 13 81 22:11:13* 92 ISS
080724 23:36:39 283 23:41:25* 201 49 23:46:17* 120 ISS
080725 19:15:07o 229 19:19:45o 153 32 19:24:30o 77 ISS
080725 20:49:57 261 20:54:42 284 87 20:59:42* 83 ISS
080725 22:25:09 279 22:29:54 196 81 22:34:54* 104 ISS
080726 00:00:14 282 00:04:52* 209 25 00:09:30* 139 ISS
080726 19:38:27o 247 19:43:12o 163 61 19:48:05o 78 ISS
080726 21:13:31 272 21:18:24 28 80 21:23:17* 92 ISS
080726 22:48:43 283 22:53:29* 198 48 22:58:21* 120 ISS
Note: Those times are UTC, so you need to add an hour for BST. :roll:
No prizes for guessing what the OAS will be doing shortly after 10pm [Edit: UTC] tomorrow night ...
Watched the pass earlier this evening. I wonder how easy it'd be to catch the daylight pass 20:26-20:36 UTC tomorrow? It's during the monthly OAS meeting... :)
Ground Station : High Elms, Farnborough, Kent, England --- JO01AI
Time Zone : UTC (+0.00 h)
in eclipse * in daylight o
^ ^
Date Rising at Peak elevation Setting Height Satellite
Y M D Time Az. Time Az. El Time Az. (peak) Name
====== ========= === ========= === == ========= === ====== =========
080726 19:45:53o 249 19:50:46o 171 67 19:55:46o 78 ISS
080726 21:21:14 274 21:26:07 359 82 21:31:07* 93 ISS
080726 22:56:35 283 23:01:20* 204 45 23:06:21* 122 ISS
080727 18:36:55o 233 18:41:41o 155 38 18:46:34o 77 ISS
080727 20:12:01o 264 20:16:54o 19 85 20:21:55o 84 ISS
080727 21:47:22 281 21:52:15 182 75 21:57:16* 107 ISS
080728 19:02:49o 251 19:07:42o 160 71 19:12:42o 79 ISS
080728 20:38:10 275 20:43:03 32 83 20:48:03* 95 ISS
080728 22:13:24 283 22:18:17 200 42 22:23:10* 124 ISS
080729 17:53:44o 235 17:58:37o 153 41 18:03:30o 77 ISS
080729 19:28:58o 265 19:33:51o 31 82 19:38:51o 85 ISS
080729 21:04:11 281 21:09:04 205 72 21:14:12* 109 ISS
Stll some good high passes to come. 10:21pm tonight looks promising, and the 8:46pm daylight pass might just be near enough sunset for it to be visible. Did ISS boost its orbit recently? I notice this bunch of predictions are slightly later than the one from Tuesday.
22:06pm tonight (Tue 29 July) reaching max altitude of 70deg in the SSW ...
... better get my broom handle out.
Today's calulations give this:
Ground Station : High Elms, Farnborough, Kent, England --- JO01AI
Time Zone : UTC (+0.00 h)
in eclipse * in daylight o
^ ^
Date Rising at Peak elevation Setting Height Satellite
Y M D Time Az. Time Az. El Time Az. (peak) Name
====== ========= === ========= === == ========= === ====== =========
080729 17:53:24o 235 17:58:17o 153 40 18:03:10o 77 ISS
080729 19:28:38o 265 19:33:24o 321 83 19:38:31o 85 ISS
080729 21:03:51 281 21:08:44 202 72 21:13:45* 109 ISS
080730 18:19:15o 252 18:24:08o 164 74 18:29:09o 79 ISS
080730 19:54:36o 275 19:59:29o 29 84 20:04:29* 96 ISS
080730 21:29:50 283 21:34:43 201 39 21:39:36* 126 ISS
080731 17:10:08o 236 17:14:53o 156 43 17:19:46o 77 ISS
080731 18:45:14o 266 18:50:07o 2 83 18:55:07o 86 ISS
080731 20:20:34o 281 20:25:27o 187 69 20:30:28* 110 ISS
080801 17:35:51o 254 17:40:44o 174 77 17:45:45o 80 ISS
080801 19:11:12o 276 19:16:05o 6 86 19:21:05o 97 ISS
080801 20:46:33 283 20:51:18 203 37 20:56:11* 128 ISS
080802 16:26:43o 238 16:31:29o 157 46 16:36:22o 77 ISS
080802 18:01:49o 267 18:06:42o 358 82 18:11:43o 87 ISS
080802 19:37:10o 282 19:42:03o 189 65 19:47:04* 112 ISS
I'm tempted to see whether the daylight pass peaking at 8:33 at 83 degrees is visible... I forgot that one. I did see the one just after 10pm though. I also, quite by chance, caught an Irridium flare at about 21:02 UTC.
I looked for the 8:33 one but saw nothing - the sky was too bright. The one after 10pm I managed to image.
Rick,
Have you got the link to the website you are using for these charts?
Carole
I run them off using sattrack. They used to go onto the old website twice a week. I've yet to sort out the business of getting them into the new website; one of those round tuits I havn't yet got...
The old locations (which still get updated) are:
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictions.txt - a bunch of visible(-ish) satellites
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictiss.txt - the ISS predictions
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictiridium.txt - Iridium satellites (the lot...)
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictnoss.txt - NOSS pairs and triplets
All are based on the latest elements I can get at the time, and become increasingly inaccurate as elements become out-of-date...
If you know your own location, then www.heavens-above.com may give better results.
Bright passes (mag -2.0 and brighter) every single evening from Thur 25 Sept to Fri 3 October
More info at:
http://www.heavens-above.com
Or Rick's link at:
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictiss.txt
All earlier in the evening now, of course, and plenty more whee ISS goes into eclipse before it reaches its highest point... Friday's looks promising.
Yes, tonight's one look good. A very bright pass, rising in the West shortly after 8:20pm (BST) and passing almost directly overhead a few minutes later.
Time to retrieve my sawn-off broom handle ...
Looks like ATV-1 "Jules Verne" is also making a visibe pass tomorrow, rising just north of west at about 7:27pm, and passing almost overhead about 7:32pm (BST).
Then on Sunday on a similar track rising 7:40pm and overhead 7:44pm, which is just a couple of minutes after ISS and on a slightly different track.
Monday it rises about 7:53pm and is overhead about 7:57pm, about ten minutes before ISS.
Tuesday, 7:06pm and 7:10pm, but by then ISS seems to be out of the observable window.
Quote from: Rick on Sep 26, 2008, 17:40:00
Monday it rises about 7:53pm and is overhead about 7:57pm, about ten minutes before ISS.
Tuesday, 7:06pm and 7:10pm, but by then ISS seems to be out of the observable window.
...or not, if things go according to plan.
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7639548.stm
Quote from: Rick on Sep 26, 2008, 17:40:00
Then on Sunday on a similar track rising 7:40pm and overhead 7:44pm, which is just a couple of minutes after ISS and on a slightly different track.
Caught both of them. Jules Verne was about mag 0 at its brightest.
Rats! I caught the ISS but forgot to look out for the Jules Verne.
(http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10046/iss280908.jpg)(http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10046/iss280908%232.jpg)
Both images: Canon EOS 350D on Celestron C11 at F10 , ISO 800, 1/2000s
Conditions were poor - sky was moisture laden and the seeing was bad.
Even better images yet again!!!
Thanks Carol.
I'm now in the process of inventing a new technique which I intend to use on Thursday night's pass. If it works I'll reveal all ...
DSC was a washout but tomorrow (Sat 6 Dec) night provides the final bright (mag -1.9) opportunity in the current run of ISS sightings.
It begins its pass over Sidcup/Orpington at 4:20pm. This is quite early but good focusing can be achieved by using the moon.
More info at:
http://www.heavens-above.com
Or Rick's link at:
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictiss.txt
If you go to Heavens Above they are also doing pass predictions for the toolbag.
Mark, you know we will be expecting an image of the tool bag now!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
The toolbag features, more by accident than design, as "ISS DEBTOOLBAG" in the monster list of predictions for High Elms in http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictions.txt
Rick,
Your monster list has no ISS and no Toolbag prediction for tonight ...
Mark
Hmmm... The following predictions were calculated on Thursday. A new set should be calculated sometime today, and will probably differ, but the monster list does cut off if the maximum altitude is under 25 degrees and leaves out daylight passes, at least partly to keep it to a sane length.
Date Rising at Peak elevation Setting Height Satellite
Y M D Time Az. Time Az. El Time Az. (peak) Name
====== ========= === ========= === == ========= === ====== =========
081204 16:41:53 279 16:46:46 162 83 16:51:46* 103 ISS DEBTOOLBAG
081204 17:00:25 281 17:05:18 194 73 17:10:19* 108 ISS
081205 17:07:04 283 17:11:49 204 51 17:16:50* 119 ISS DEBTOOLBAG
081205 17:27:19 283 17:32:05 208 39 17:37:05* 126 ISS
081206 17:32:15 282 17:36:46 212 26 17:41:31* 138 ISS DEBTOOLBAG
081207 16:45:49 283 16:50:35 203 36 16:55:28 128 ISS
With a maximum altitude of 26 degrees, it probably won't be an easy sight. ISSs passes today seem to be in daylight.
Yes 16:20 is rather early and it won't really be dark.
I don't think they'll be any real chance of seeing a magnitude 7 toolbag!
Mark
Later Edit: Today's toolbag pass at 17:34 is magnitude 7.8 according to heavens-above
Even Later Edit: The reason I didn't see it in your monster list is that I was certain today was 8th Dec instead of the 6th. I must be going mad ...
Rats! The sky was so bright I didn't see it until it was almost at highest elevation. I managed to catch this as it receded but it's nowhere near as good as my best ones.
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the_shelleys/Astronomy/iss061208.jpg)
Gosh, that isn't bad, Mark!!!!!!
I took the grandchildren outside to see it & it had passed overhead before I saw it. I thought it was coming from SSW, but seemed more W. So missed it coming.
At least we saw it. I did think of you.
Fay
Bright passes (mag -2.0 and brighter) every single evening from tonight (Fri 23 Jan 2009) for the next week.
More info at:
http://www.heavens-above.com
Or Rick's link at:
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictiss.txt
Mark you should try this -
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090206.html
Mike,
ISS transit of the moon - a great idea! I've also seen a good ISS transit of the sun.
Mark
Bright passes (mag -2.0 and brighter) tonight at 7:47pm and Mon-Fri evenings this week (22 - 27 March 2009)
More info at:
http://www.heavens-above.com
Or Rick's link at:
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictiss.txt
Give it a go! You know you want to!
Mark
Bright passes (mag -2.0 and brighter) every single day for 4 weeks starting on Mon 27th April 2009. These are early morning passes for the first couple of weeks, switching to evening passes for the next couple of weeks.
As usual, details can be found at:
http://www.heavens-above.com
Or Rick's link at:
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/predictiss.txt
Go on, give it a go!
Mark
It being so bright these days, there might be half a chance it could be spotted in daylight. Anyone tried yet?