Look Out Of Your Window Now! Astronomical events.

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ex spec

Not lost 'em again 'ave ya.

 

[John Marwood]

Two pair are on permanent leave - although if I did a full valet of the Rover one pair may appear I think, along with the rotten apples and Wrights Pie crusts. Another pair have taken residence on the top of my slaphead and the fourth are,well,somewhere...

Perhaps Mr Jobs has missed a trick - iPhones can make pictures,videos and take calls but can they help you read a screen?..

 

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Heads up for the ISS pass over 22.43.

Not a great night for it, a bit light still and a bit of cloud but at mag -3.6 should be visible.

Even to the naked eye.

Rising WSW, setting E 22.49.

 

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Visible at various times and at various magnitudes in the coming week as documented here.

Looking for clearer skies hopefully - tad later passes and high mags ( higher the minus higher the mag ie - 3 is brighter than -2 etc).

That one wasn't so bad though - picked it up at ~ 70 (why...) degrees(...)W then lost it in cloud again at ~ 40 (etc) degrees E.

Ooh look, 3 passes tomorrow - first at 00.18 at mag -3.7, blimey that thing's moving fast.

 

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Nother heads up for the ISS.

Rising W 23.10, setting E 23.16, mag -3.7.

 

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Damn this cloud.

Good sighting but could've been better. It's still hanging around though, in fact next one is 00.45 if you're still up 'n' about.

 

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Wow!

There it goes again.

Don't forget to wave http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
to Alexander Skvortsov
› Tracy Caldwell Dyson
› Mikhail Kornienko
› Shannon Walker
› Doug Wheelock
› Fyodor Yurchikhin

 

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Heads up for tonight - two ISS passes;

22.27.56 rising W, setting E 22.33.47 mag -3.7
00.03.15 rising W, setting SSE 00.07.06 mag -3.1

Hopefully thinner, or little, cloud tonight.

 

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3 minute warning.

 

[Gramaisc]

Excellent view. I'm sure I could see one of them waving at me...

Interesting task for those who might care about such things. I spent some time, a while ago, trying to discover when was the last time that there was nobody in space...

 

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Excellent view.

Best this week.

I waved. Ridiculous i know but why ever not?

 

[Gramaisc]

Apparently, the Progress freighter has had a docking failure, a rare event..

 

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Interesting task for those who might care about such things. I spent some time, a while ago, trying to discover when was the last time that there was nobody in space...

Tricky.

Will look a bit closer when i'm feeling a bit more analytical - but it would appear to be around 1980-81. Too vague i know - must try harder.

 

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Passing now mag -3.5 W > ESE.

 

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Fantastic - you could see the cargo ship on the same flight path!

It'll be back at 00.29.59, not as bright but at mag -2.0 still very obvious. Look out for the cargo ship ~20 deg in front of it.

 

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The cargo has landed

One of the last of the brighter ones tonight as it slips ever southwards and it could be a good night for it.

23.20.55 rising W, setting SE 23.25.21 mag -2.9

 

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3 minute warning.

 

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3 minute warning

Rising W > SSW mag -1.9

 

[shoes]

saw the earlier sighting this evening, around -3.4 mag, very very bright indeed even given the reasonable amount of natural light left.

 

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Looks like it's leaving us so i'll stop now. Good one tomorrow though. Seeing as we've page hopped, re-link to up-coming

documented here.