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| Quote ="Tony Catsmith"well, i thought i saw it, coming from the town centre/widnes (sort of) direction, bright white light, moving faster than a plane and it dimmed and disapeared , middle of the sky, not near the horizon, as i was packing up my camp chair and tartan blanket, a a bright orange light, also moving swiftly started going in the opposite direction.'"
Saw both of them, the first one that came from west to east and disapearred in the middle of the sky I reckon must have been a shooting star (or a UFO), and like you say, the ISS appeared just after |
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Watched west to east stood in my front garden, poeple looking at me a bit oddly, watched the bright light pass, then went indoors assuming that was it.
Never mind try again 2morro.
Is it that noticable?
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that was it the one that travelled then dimmed to nothing
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| Quote ="TNT Burke"that was it the one that travelled then dimmed to nothing'"
No, think that was a shooting star. Just after that the ISS came from the other direction, an orange light travelled all the way across the sky |
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iss dims to nothing due to the further east it travels the further away from the sun it gets,its only visable due to reflected sunlight and curvature of the earth etc etc
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the space shuttle discovery is also visible
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| Quote ="Tony Catsmith"well, i thought i saw it, coming from the town centre/widnes (sort of) direction, bright white light, moving faster than a plane and it dimmed and disapeared , middle of the sky, not near the horizon, as i was packing up my camp chair and tartan blanket, a a bright orange light, also moving swiftly started going in the opposite direction.'"
that was it then it dimmed when it lost the suns reflection,also saw 2 sattelites tonight,patrick moore as a replacement for doug hoyle anyone? |
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| Quote ="the original stevo"depends where you live east to west for me i look south as i live in south warrington came from east'"
LOL. It came from the west irrespective of our differing vantage points unless you live on one of the earths magnetic poles. Thats why NASA can be precise on its approach and departure angles.
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| Quote ="Wires71"LOL. It came from the west irrespective of our differing vantage points unless you live on one of the earths magnetic poles. Thats why NASA can be precise on its approach and departure angles.
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Thought so. We had this same arguement with Kloe didnt we?
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| Quote ="Wires71"LOL. It came from the west irrespective of our differing vantage points unless you live on one of the earths magnetic poles. Thats why NASA can be precise on its approach and departure angles.
'" if you live in different parts of the world the viewing angle will be different there are users on here from different parts of the globe |
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| Quote ="the original stevo"if you live in different parts of the world the viewing angle will be different there are users on here from different parts of the globe'"
so my south is different south to vernon wire's south? |
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| Quote ="Tony Catsmith"so my south is different south to vernon wire's south?'" no my point is some people cannot tell their left from their right if you look due south east is on your left this was meant to be a thread on the spacestation not an arguement on left and right east or west |
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| Quote ="the original stevo"if you live in different parts of the world the viewing angle will be different there are users on here from different parts of the globe'"
Totally agree, but said users from different parts of the globe would'nt see the space station when we did. ie) location of the observer is implied by the sighting parameters. Clearly someone in China could not have seen the ISS when we did. The observations were based on NASA's data for its appearance over the NW of England (or Manchester to be precise). Latitudes are always parallel, longitudes converge at the poles. Left and right has little to do with either. I'd give in  |
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| Quote ="Wires71"Totally agree, but said users from different parts of the globe would'nt see the space station when we did. ie) location of the observer is implied by the sighting parameters. Clearly someone in China could not have seen the ISS when we did. The observations were based on NASA's data for its appearance over the NW of England (or Manchester to be precise). Latitudes are always parallel, longitudes converge at the poles. Left and right has little to do with either. I'd give in
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| Quote ="Tony Catsmith"so my south is different south to vernon wire's south?'"
Technically yes, fractionally, assuming both yourself and Vernon Wire have differing meridians which is exacerbated with proximity to the magnetic poles.
Consider the instance where you are stood at the Magnetic North pole, you can walk south 1 mile, east 1 mile, north 1 mile and arrive at the same point as you started. |
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Anybody get a photo of it?
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Quote ="the tache is back"that was it then it dimmed when it lost the suns reflection,also saw 2 sattelites tonight,patrick moore as a replacement for doug hoyle anyone?'"
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8249357.stm
Not sure what night you were viewing (I saw a couple of ISS passes in Cornwall last week), but it is worth considering that this is also up there and pretty close to ISS.
In total, during one observation last week, I saw the Shuttle, the ISS and I guess this (plus another unidentified object in a similar orbit)
The ISS is actually very easy to see, provided you know which direction and where to look. It is the brightest object in the Sky (save the Sun & Moon of course) and on a good night with a long observation time, you can easily see it moving from one side of the sky to the other. |
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8249357.stm
Not sure what night you were viewing (I saw a couple of ISS passes in Cornwall last week), but it is worth considering that this is also up there and pretty close to ISS.
In total, during one observation last week, I saw the Shuttle, the ISS and I guess this (plus another unidentified object in a similar orbit)
The ISS is actually very easy to see, provided you know which direction and where to look. It is the brightest object in the Sky (save the Sun & Moon of course) and on a good night with a long observation time, you can easily see it moving from one side of the sky to the other. | |
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Saw this for the first time tonight, its been cloudy round my way the past week. Came up exactly at the time expected and was clearly visible for about 2 minutes then it went faint very quickly.
The other bright "star" in the sky around the place where the space station crossed over is the planet Jupiter, thats quite clearly visible at the moment.
The HTV refuelling satelitte is docked onto the ISS at the moment.
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