Mag -3.1 AND high up in the sky.
Looking forward to observing Tiangong 1 soon.
Observing Satellites & Iridium Flares
Observing Satellites & Iridium Flares
International Space Station visible as a bright moving white "star" tonight if sky is clear. Face South East, look up 45 deg. From 7:55pm. Should fly across Canis Major near Sirius.
Mag -3.1 AND high up in the sky.
Looking forward to observing Tiangong 1 soon.
Mag -3.1 AND high up in the sky.
Looking forward to observing Tiangong 1 soon.
Last edited by Gary on Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Observing Satellites
Glorious ISS drifting near brightest star followed by brightest night time object! Transit path was cloudless! Best CNY full moon for me ever!
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Re: Observing Satellites
ISS flyby tonight. 8 feb 2012. From SW towards NW. Between Venus and Jupiter. From 7:37pm - 7:45pm. Get your video cameras ready!!
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Re: Observing Satellites
This the video of the ISS flyby on 6 Feb 2012.
The full blog report is here: (warning: super yawn-inducing wall-of-texts!)
http://www.astro.sg/2012/02/internation ... ed-in.html
The full blog report is here: (warning: super yawn-inducing wall-of-texts!)
http://www.astro.sg/2012/02/internation ... ed-in.html
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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Clifford60
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Re: Observing Satellites
Thanks for sharing, next time use tripod o, video shaky, head also shake, hehe
Re: Observing Satellites
Haha. Must shake to create that live youtube feel.Clifford60 wrote:Thanks for sharing, next time use tripod o, video shaky, head also shake, hehe
Very last min decision so no time to bring and setup tripod. Will bring along next time if there is such nice framing again. Need a 78x optical zoom camcorder soon.
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
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jimmyleong
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Re: Observing Satellites
i see that the ISS is moving across the sky.
i took a video yesterday via iphone of a very bright satelite i think which i thought might be the ISS but it wasn't moving. any idea what could it be?
i took a video yesterday via iphone of a very bright satelite i think which i thought might be the ISS but it wasn't moving. any idea what could it be?
Re: Observing Satellites
Maybe a very bright star like Sirius, Canopus or Arcturus? Did it disappear from view after a while?jimmyleong wrote:i see that the ISS is moving across the sky.
i took a video yesterday via iphone of a very bright satelite i think which i thought might be the ISS but it wasn't moving. any idea what could it be?
Check the date and stamp on the recorded video and let us know exactly when. And roughly what direction you were facing and how high up you point above the horizion (e.g. 45 degrees up).
Using these info, we can double check with planetarium software like stellarium to confirm what it was.
Last night ISS flyby visible in Singapore was at about 7:37 pm.
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email: gary[at]astro.sg
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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jimmyleong
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Re: Observing Satellites
Dun think the object twinkles. Imagine I am able to capture the object on a not so good camera on iPhone it must be pretty bright.
Will upload later ...
Will upload later ...
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Re: Observing Satellites
If it is white color and bright on the western sky in the evening then it is Venus.
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