Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km)
Rises above horizon 20:15:22 -0° 326° (NNW) 2,103
Reaches 10° altitude 20:17:21 10° 328° (NNW) 1,272
Maximum altitude 20:20:12 78° 60° (ENE) 347
Enters shadow 20:20:46 51° 129° (SE ) 433
Mag -1 !
Bright ISS pass sun 1 jul
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acc
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Bright ISS pass sun 1 jul
We do it in the dark...
Portaball 12.5"
Takahashi Mewlon 210
William Optics 110ED
...and all night long!
Portaball 12.5"
Takahashi Mewlon 210
William Optics 110ED
...and all night long!
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Saw the flyby from Penang.
Although I have seen the ISS for countless times, it is still an enjoyable observation. Tonight flyby was probably the best I have seen.
I first saw the ISS when it was still low in the horizon, before it pass through Ursa Major. As it gained altitude, so is its brightness.
What surprise me is that, at the later stage, it flew past Jupiter. Comparing the brightness of both objects, I can concluded that the ISS was probably -2 mag. Could it be due to the newly installed solar panel?
Can wait for the next good flyby. However, it will be a week from now and in the morning sky! Not good ;-(
Although I have seen the ISS for countless times, it is still an enjoyable observation. Tonight flyby was probably the best I have seen.
I first saw the ISS when it was still low in the horizon, before it pass through Ursa Major. As it gained altitude, so is its brightness.
What surprise me is that, at the later stage, it flew past Jupiter. Comparing the brightness of both objects, I can concluded that the ISS was probably -2 mag. Could it be due to the newly installed solar panel?
Can wait for the next good flyby. However, it will be a week from now and in the morning sky! Not good ;-(
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I too just saw the post. Anyway, i think it was quite cloudy on Sun night over my place.
There will be another good fly-by of the ISS over Singapore this Sat 7th July at 6:13am-6:17am :
Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km)
Leaves shadow 06:13:03 19° 210°(SSW) 865km
Maximum altitude 06:14:57 76° 108°(ESE) 340km
Drops below 10° altitude 06:17:39 10° 39°(NE) 1,244km
For more details, see:
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummar ... 1&tz=MALST
There will be another good fly-by of the ISS over Singapore this Sat 7th July at 6:13am-6:17am :
Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km)
Leaves shadow 06:13:03 19° 210°(SSW) 865km
Maximum altitude 06:14:57 76° 108°(ESE) 340km
Drops below 10° altitude 06:17:39 10° 39°(NE) 1,244km
For more details, see:
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummar ... 1&tz=MALST
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Following in the footsteps of Acc, I finally managed to view the Int'l Space Station this morning through the eyepiece of a telescope, after months of trying.
There were several missed opportunities the past month due to the persistent cloud cover.
This morning (6 Aug) however, at about 6am, the ISS appeared in the SW sky over Singapore at about 50 degrees altitude. It was brighter than Jupiter usually is, but perhaps not as bright as Venus at its brightest. I think the heavens-above.com website forcast it for around mag. -2.1.
Anyway, I used my Celestron C-5 and Monfrotto 410 Geared Head set-up, which I first acquired about 9 years ago.
Through a 20mm eyepiece (62.5x), the ISS appeared like a character on a black-and-white monochrome computer monitor, sort of like a compressed letter "t" with two horizontal bars, or some Chinese character whose meaning I can't remember.
Using the 410 to track the object was quite unwieldly, so I only managed a few very brief fleeting glances of the space station thru the eyepiece.
The object was quite small actually, having an apparent diameter of perhaps about 20 arc-seconds, or similar to Mars.
Next time, I will try to use the Autostar-controlled LX-90 to view and/or image it.
The next opportunities to view the ISS from Singapore may be seen at this link, but none in the 10 days:
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummar ... 1&tz=MALST
Better still with the Space Shuttle attached to it! The Endeavour is due to lift off this Thursday morning Singapore time.
There were several missed opportunities the past month due to the persistent cloud cover.
This morning (6 Aug) however, at about 6am, the ISS appeared in the SW sky over Singapore at about 50 degrees altitude. It was brighter than Jupiter usually is, but perhaps not as bright as Venus at its brightest. I think the heavens-above.com website forcast it for around mag. -2.1.
Anyway, I used my Celestron C-5 and Monfrotto 410 Geared Head set-up, which I first acquired about 9 years ago.
Through a 20mm eyepiece (62.5x), the ISS appeared like a character on a black-and-white monochrome computer monitor, sort of like a compressed letter "t" with two horizontal bars, or some Chinese character whose meaning I can't remember.
Using the 410 to track the object was quite unwieldly, so I only managed a few very brief fleeting glances of the space station thru the eyepiece.
The object was quite small actually, having an apparent diameter of perhaps about 20 arc-seconds, or similar to Mars.
Next time, I will try to use the Autostar-controlled LX-90 to view and/or image it.
The next opportunities to view the ISS from Singapore may be seen at this link, but none in the 10 days:
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummar ... 1&tz=MALST
Better still with the Space Shuttle attached to it! The Endeavour is due to lift off this Thursday morning Singapore time.