can you see human satallites from earth with the naked eye?

Answer 1

Yes -- they look sort of like very slow-moving shooting stars. Also, you can see the space shuttle, etc.

Those satellites that stay "stationary" cannot usually be seen.

You cannot see the satellites (other than their reflection of light at night) during the day (with the naked eye).

Answer 2

Sad, all the people who live in light polluted areas, because there are dozens of satellites visible to the naked eye.

The International Space Station (ISS) is often as bright as the brightest stars, and usually passes across the sky in about 10 minutes.

Iridium satellites, suddenly "flare up" as their reflectors turn and catch the sun. They can often be brighter than anything but the sun and moon.

See www.heavens-above.com. Navigate by entering your country and town. When you get into it, it predicts ISS for next 10 days, and Iridiums for 8 days, plus many less bright satellites. You will have to know your directions, N,S,E,W from your home, and just have some idea of what is 10, 20, 30 to 90 degrees above horizon.

When you do this, you can see half a dozen satellites at least each night, assuming you can get to a dark place. ISS and the iridiums can often be seen from the city. Occasionally Iridiums are visible in daylight.

Answer 3

You sure can!

You need a clear night, and you need to be out in the country, away from city lights. You also need to know where and when to look. The heavens-above website link below helps you with that. You either plug in your coordinates, or else select your country, then enter the name of the nearest city. The site will give you several options at that point. You can select when some famous satellites will pass over - stuff like the Hubble Space Telescope, the current shuttle mission, the International Space Station, for example. Or you can get predictions for almost any other satellites. And I gotta run - I see there's a cosmos due in a couple of minutes!

Answer 4

Yes you can!

I used to see them all the time when I was star gazing as a kid.

As others have said, they look just like faint stars that drift slowly across the sky.

Contrary to what everyone else has said so far, they *do* sometimes blink. If the object is tumbling then it will reflect the Sun's light as it turns and will appear to flash on and off. These are rare, but I've seen them.

Also, sometimes the satellite will pass into the Earth's shadow while you watch and will disappear! Spooky! :)

Answer 5

Absolutely, if you are in a decent suburb - at dawn and dusk... it looks like a solid white light (like a star), that moves slowly - in a straight line across the sky!

It is a reflection of the sun (from the other side of the earth) bouncing off of the satellite, pretty cool, huh?

Answer 6

Absolutely.

Find a clear sky at night. Lie back and watch for about a half hour. Depending on how clear it is, you should see about 3 to 5 in the course of half an hour. They look like very slow shooting stars (or extremely high-flying airplanes, except that they don't blink).

Answer 7

I see them all the time. they're the little dim lights that float slowly across the sky with no blinking lights. They reflect the sun pretty well. I used to think they were UFO's the first couple of times I saw them. If you look through a telescope at them, the light they reflect is really bright, but it's really small.

Answer 8

Probably not. However, when I was in the Mojave Desert at night, the entire sky is lit up like a city. I saw many objects moving across the sky. If you can, the desert is the best place to go see the night sky.

Answer 9

Sure especially if there really low orbiting. The reflection of the Sun and the reflective type of material used for satelites makes them look like stars at night and hard to see during the day.

Answer 10

On a clear night you can see them easily. They look like stars that are moving across the sky. If you ever see one that does anything but go in a straight line at a steady speed, then you've got a UFO.