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January 16th, 2021, 5:20 PM
#161
Originally Posted by
birdfriend
Could someone post the approximate time and where to look for the space station tonight? Thank you!
Time: Sat Jan 16 7:23 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 76?, Appears: 19? above SW, Disappears: 74? above NNW
It'll be the brightest object in the sky unless the moon is visible.
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January 16th, 2021, 7:12 PM
#162
Rick, if you are going to look at the Orion nebula tonight, the best part is in the "sword" region, a little beneath the brightest star in the belt. It will look blue and hazy. The old Indian name for it was the "smoke star". Mainly because they observed it with the naked eye. Of course light pollution was almost non existent then.
It won't define as good as the pictures you might see when the Hubble space telescope looks at it, but it is still a great view.
Last night, the ISS was heading right for the Orion nebula, but faded before it got there.
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January 16th, 2021, 8:03 PM
#163
The nebula was amazing with your scope. Well defined, almost like a mustache shape.
Here's a picture I took with a zoom lens. And the Tolkien moon shot of course.
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January 16th, 2021, 8:16 PM
#164
I was so excited looking at the nebula that I almost missed the space station...lol
But I did see it.
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January 16th, 2021, 8:19 PM
#165
Tomorrow, Sunday, the space station would be...
Visible:#6 minMax Height:#50?Appears:#10? above SSWDisappears:#15? above ENE
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January 17th, 2021, 2:35 PM
#166
Originally Posted by
Rick
Tomorrow, Sunday, the space station would be...
Visible:#6 minMax Height:#50?Appears:#10? above SSWDisappears:#15? above ENE
I could not find it last night, and I went out early. Glad you are enjoying the telescope. I will go out early tonight, as it should be very hard to miss.
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January 17th, 2021, 9:17 PM
#167
Nice long view tonight. Right overhead, and east bound and down.
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January 18th, 2021, 7:33 PM
#168
Caught a few seconds of it tonight. It wasn't where I expected it to be, coming from NNW and heading NNE....
I did catch a second satellite though heading from N to S. A lot dimmer than the ISS, but then the ISS is in a lower orbit and has those solar panels extended making it pretty large.
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January 18th, 2021, 7:57 PM
#169
I did that a few weeks ago, thought a smaller satellite was the ISS, from the NE heading south, and was following it until I spotted the ISS in the NW, heading south-southeast.
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January 19th, 2021, 3:16 PM
#170
Well, it appears that the best time for looking for satellites is from about 6PM to 7:30 PM. It will probably be too overcast tonight, but I will wait and see.
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