Brantuk Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Hi All Just a quick heads up if you get clear skies over the next few days. There will be several visible passes of the International Space Station. For further details see: http://www.heavens-above.com (Think I just missed an early one this evening - great big streak across the sky on Stellarium) It's a teriffic sight on a clear night and there's no mistaking it if you've never seen it before - good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wisewoman Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Don't forget Iridium Flares too - they're nice to see for the first time especially if it's a bright one. There are a couple of iphone apps that can tell you when they will occur at your location or you can use the Heavensabove site to tell you. Melissa Edited February 3, 2012 by wisewoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justinshaw Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Saw the space station for the first time at weekend, pretty chuffed wanted to spot it for a while. What is an Iridium flare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 An Iridium flare is a specific type of satellite flare (also known as satellite glint) made when the antennas of an Iridium communication satellite reflect sunlight directly onto the surface of the Earth. Unless someone else knows different! This is what I was told Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justinshaw Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Are they easy to spot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Hi, this morning at about 00:20 I saw a satellite traveling NNE initially very bright reduce down to just visible over the course of about 20 seconds. Had a quick look at heavensabove but couldn't see anything in ISS or flares that fits that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think that there are so many lumps floating around up there now, it's possible any of them with the solar panels tilted just right will "Flare" and then recede rapidly. There are also things like the solar panels which were changed on Hubble, they just got chucked, although I think they may have burnt up on re-entry. It's not uncommon to have one shoot through the view at the eyepiece, a bright one makes you jump when looking for something faint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluke Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I love watching the ISS go overhead. I've missed it the last couple months but had a great view of it Friday with clear skies. I tell anyone with a fleeting interest to look out for it. Many have 'predicted' when it flies over to their kids who think it's like magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The last 2 times up at Belper we have seen it very clear, followed it in the ep for what seemed like hours, I could make out the panels and the centre section,marvellous sight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluke Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The last 2 times up at Belper we have seen it very clear, followed it in the ep for what seemed like hours, I could make out the panels and the centre section,marvellous sight! I will have to try that Daz, sounds awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 On Friday I managed a bit of time with the bins on ISS, not much detail, but could make out two lines of light as opposed to a white spot with naked eye. I do liketo see it whenever I can, I think I've seen it about 4 or 5 times in the past week alone awsome sight in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justinshaw Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I need to try spotting it with bins next time then as I was happy to see it with just naked eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic dave Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I had a perseid shot across my field of view while looking at the 7 sisters through bins last weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Is tracking the ISS something that can do programmed into a goto mount via a laptop??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnC Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I have read somewhere that this is possible, but have no further details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluke Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Is tracking the ISS something that can do programmed into a goto mount via a laptop??? Now that would be super cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 You can track it for a few frames and some folks have got a few half decent shots of it - but generally it goes too fast for a mount to track it. Best bet is with a webcam or DMK or similar for a few seconds - it's shifting though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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