ISS bright pass 21.06 tonight

[DavidU (Dave)]

SE start , 21.06 -3.2 mag. set ENE
For Melbourne.
Erik ?

[Lee]

Nice.... visible through cloud in Newcastle just now.

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Cloudy here.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Right on time - just saw it - wow was that bright!

Cheers Petra d.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Cloud in exactly the wrong place. Maybe Friday will be better.
19 Feb -3.2 20:18:25 10 SW 20:21:18 60 SE 20:23:51 12 ENE

[Jen]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Cloud in exactly the wrong place. Maybe Friday will be better.
19 Feb -3.2 20:18:25 10 SW 20:21:18 60 SE 20:23:51 12 ENE

cool i missed the last one hope i catch this one

[OneOfOne (Trevor)]

My wife and I went outside a few minutes before and she spotted it climbing into the sky from a distance, definite redish colour, maybe at mag 2. Then it quietly sailed higher and higher into the sky getting steadily brighter and whiter. After about a minute it was a steady white with a slight yellow tinge, not quite as bright as Venus, for a couple of minutes before it started fading steadily as it sunk lower in the sky. I guess it finally dropped out at around mag 3 and a definite red colour again, but not as pronounced as when it first appeared.

Does anyone know when the shuttle is supposed to return? We caught it once just after they had separated and watched the two chase one another over the sky.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Jen

cool i missed the last one hope i catch this one

Jen you need to go to http://www.heavens-above.com/ to get your own times.

Create yourself an account and you can fill in a number of locations for you which will be remembered. You can get predictions for any of them.

Swan Hill - Vic, 35.3333°S, 143.5500°E?

Tonight looks better for you. Mag -3. Tomorrow you get 2 passes at -2.3 and -1.7

Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
18 Feb -3.0 21:29:23 10 SW 21:32:13 56 NW 21:33:13 33 NNE
19 Feb -2.3 20:17:05 10 SSW 20:19:46 33 SE 20:22:25 10 ENE
19 Feb -0.7 21:52:58 10 W 21:54:37 14 NW 21:55:14 14 NW
20 Feb -2.9 20:39:29 10 SW 20:42:21 60 NW 20:45:10 10 NE
21 Feb -0.5 21:02:54 10 W 21:04:39 15 NW 21:06:23 10 NNW

[Phil]

Seen it to. Had the camera ready and got this shot. Not the best the street light stuff it up with the reflections.
Friday there will be a good pass.

[erick (Eric)]

Huh? What? Did I miss somethin'


I would like to see the Shuttle chasing ISS overhead!

[Kevnool (Kev)]

And what a wonderful pass it was.
Orbitron is spot on again.
Cheers Kev.

[picklesrules (Nicholas)]

-3.2 mag tonight in perth first time ive seen it was amazing im re-kindled my love for astronomy in 3 mintues haha just need to get a new mount now seeing as my is broken

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Had a lovely pass just after 9pm last night (17/2) Very bright, started in SE and moved across entire sky before disappearing to ENE. Easily the brightest I have ever seen it, Heavens Above gave mag as -3.1