Space Station sighting tonight 6 15pm

[wendilla]

We have clear sky here at the moment in the midlands so we might be lucky for a 2 minute passing over of the SS at 6 15 pm over the uk.

[Lie-in King]

I know I'm easily pleased, but that was genuinely exciting! Quick little devil isn't it!?

Thanks again to wendilla for the heads-up. :-))

[yogi-bear]

Thanks, wendilla, got mrs bear and the kids out in the garden to have a look.....brilliant view :0) x

[wendilla]

http://spaceflight.na...ngland&city=Leicester

[Robinia]

You can choose a location here to see future sighting times
http://www.spacefligh...ingdom®ion=England

[caslass]

Hi Wendilla. I didn't see any orange light as two others mentioned. Was it orange?

[benny3008]

it looked like an orangey white to me...

[yogi-bear]

LOL.......No-Know...................baaaaaaaa
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cubs they most certainly are....:0)............(mrs nanny goat does have a ring to it though.....might change my name to Billy goats gruff?

[wendilla]

I would not say it was orange it is just like one of the very large planets very bright light and you can actually see the 2 arms on it and as I said just glides over the sky. You can get 4 minute sightings but not this week.

[caslass]

I know i was looking in the right direction. I saw a whiteish / silvery light moving very fast across the sky.

[wendilla]

THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM FRI JAN 15 TO SAT JAN 30
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

ISS Fri Jan 15/05:33 PM 3 71 42 above WSW 18 above E
ISS Sat Jan 16/05:54 PM 2 71 33 above W 29 above ESE
ISS Sun Jan 17/06:15 PM 2 55 31 above WSW 43 above SE
ISS Mon Jan 18/05:02 PM 3 72 43 above WSW 12 above E
ISS Mon Jan 18/06:37 PM 1 34 26 above WSW 33 above SSW
ISS Tue Jan 19/05:23 PM 3 57 39 above WSW 11 above ESE
ISS Tue Jan 19/06:58 PM < 1 18 16 above WSW 18 above SW
ISS Wed Jan 20/05:44 PM 3 35 31 above SW 11 above SE
ISS Thu Jan 21/06:06 PM 2 20 19 above SW 10 above SSE
ISS Fri Jan 22/06:27 PM < 1 10 10 above SW 10 above SW
ISS Sat Jan 23/05:14 PM 2 20 20 above SSW 11 above SSE
ISS Sun Jan 24/05:36 PM < 1 10 10 above SSW 10 above SSW




ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED

[wendilla]

the number next to pm is how many minutes it is in sight

[josaphine32]

Thanks very much,
x

[kawakiri]

Never get to see much usually (meteor showers, comets) but this was spot on.
Thanks for the heads up.

[benny3008]

Yeh, thanks wendilla, for letting us know, if it wasnt for this i wouldnt have known you could ever see it, So interesting to see it move so quickly across the sky.

[wendilla]

find all you want to know from here
http://www.nasa.gov/c...tion/shuttle_faq.html

[wendilla]

I started on this 2 years ago just by someone posting as I have done tonight and if you go to nasa tv you will see the shuttles take off and land live. Glad you saw it.tonight.

[wendilla]

If anyone wants to know anything I will gladly try and help. I am not an expert I am just interested in this. I will check this post tomorrow must go and watch the dancing on ice .

[wendilla]

http://spaceflight.na...a/tracking/index.html
This is where you can see where the SS is and you know when it is coming over but it dont seem to be working tonight but if you click on sightings on that page you can type in your nearest city and it will tell you then just keep it in your favourites for future ref.

[dothawkes31]

Sorry I've been to take son to work, thanks for letting us know anyway wendilla, I even managed to let my grandson know in time and he sounds quite impressed by it! I could only see the bright light wizzing over, my view is hindered by the looney tune next door but one who has a triple faux victorian lamp standard in his garden and it is so bright grrrr, plus the street lamps at the end of the garden . I would imagine where there is no light pollution the view is far far better.