The night sky

[Hound]

Ho ho ho Mannix. Never heard that one before 

Anyhoo the ISS/Space shuttle will again be over us 4 times tonight but the first two will hardly be visible cos it will be still brightish

As long as it's clear it should be visible:

19:53:42 - coming in from W - heading SSW - visible until 19:59:30
21:29:10 - coming in from W - heading SSW - visible until 21:34:00 (this may not be too visible as it will be quite low in the sky)

Thanks for this SS.

Was very clear in the North Dublin sky last night.

[Tony Baloney]

Tony

That was the space shuttle chasing it for docking.

Did it catch it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7737250.stm

[The Real Laoislad]

Tony

That was the space shuttle chasing it for docking.

Did it catch it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7737250.stm

Typical woman 

[Tony Baloney]

Tony

That was the space shuttle chasing it for docking.

Did it catch it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7737250.stm

Typical woman 

I hope she got the windows cleaned before she dropped it.

[amallon]

Hound I didn't get out for the early fly by but went out for the second one and didn't see it.  Update us on the next one please. 

[ONeill]

Great sky at night this last week. Just a pity it'll be gone in 6 billion years.

[muppet]

Great sky at night this last week. Just a pity it'll be gone in 6 billion years.

David Ike or Jim Corr?

[ONeill]

Prof Cox.

[Shamrock Shore]

amallon

You may have missed it as I gave Dublin times. It may have been over your area slightly sooner if you are Ap Nart.

www.heavens-above.com

is where you need to visit and click on the ISS link but make sure you set your co-ordinates correctly.

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Search period start: 00:00 Wednesday, 2 March, 2011   
Search period end: 00:00 Saturday, 12 March, 2011
Observer's location: Dublin, 53.3330°N, 6.2500°W
Local time zone: Greenwich Mean Time (UTC + 0:00)
Orbit: 348 x 355 km, 51.6° (Epoch Feb 28)

Click on the date to get a star chart and other pass details.


Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
2 Mar -3.4 18:44:38 10 W  18:47:32 63 S  18:50:23 11 E 
2 Mar -2.1 20:19:53 10 W  20:21:58 32 SW  20:21:58 32 SW 
3 Mar -3.2 19:10:45 10 W  19:13:38 55 S  19:15:37 18 ESE
3 Mar -0.8 20:46:15 10 W  20:47:12 16 WSW 20:47:12 16 WSW
4 Mar -2.5 19:36:56 10 W  19:39:40 36 SSW 19:40:54 24 SSE
5 Mar -3.0 18:27:46 10 W  18:30:38 53 S  18:33:31 10 ESE
5 Mar -1.5 20:03:18 10 W  20:05:34 20 SSW 20:06:13 19 S 
6 Mar -2.2 18:53:56 10 W  18:56:39 34 SSW 18:59:21 10 SE 
7 Mar -1.2 19:20:21 10 WSW 19:22:31 19 SSW 19:24:41 10 SSE
9 Mar -0.9 18:37:22 10 WSW 18:39:27 18 SSW 18:41:31 10 SSE

 

[amallon]

Is that Alt degrees above the horizon.  Zero would be right at the horizon and 90 would be right above your head?

[Shamrock Shore]

Yes - the higher the ALT the better the chances of seeing it.

[Dougal Maguire]

So when does a Nordie from the South Armagh area have to look out to see it?

[winsamsoon]

Yes. will this be visible in the north at any time? or are Nasa discriminating against us too  Hope it's not today as there is a fog all over the place

[Hardy]

So when does a Nordie from the South Armagh area have to look out to see it?

Yes. will this be visible in the north at any time? or are Nasa discriminating against us too  Hope it's not today as there is a fog all over the place

It's only four posts back! http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=10373.msg925793#msg925793

[Tony Baloney]

So when does a Nordie from the South Armagh area have to look out to see it?

Yes. will this be visible in the north at any time? or are Nasa discriminating against us too  Hope it's not today as there is a fog all over the place

It's only four posts back! http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=10373.msg925793#msg925793

Don't look back in anger.