i wanna find out when the international space station will be visible from where i live
2006-10-04 10:37:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
do you know if there is a map that can help me spot it?
2006-10-04 10:46:08 · update #1
the web sites help but i just don't know where to look in the sky because i can't tell whats north or east or south or west
2006-10-04 10:51:18 · update #2
Visit the site: http://www.heavens-above.com and register (it's free). They give the coordenates for ISS, Hubble, Iridium Satellites and thousands others. There are maps, trajectories and more.
It's the greater site for satellites observers.
To see the ISS naked eye or binocullars is better than a telescope because the angular field (it's very small) and because that satellites have enormous angular velocity (several degrees for second).
Clear skies!
2006-10-04 12:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by polyhedra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cripes man, get yourself a compass. A simple one will be just a few dollars.
Or, see where the sun sets - that's west.
See where it rises - that's east.
See where it is at midday - that's south (if you are in the NH)
The opposite is north.
The NW, NE, SW and SE, are just halfway between those.
To know your way around the sky, you must get used to the directions from your location. It's not hard. Just a little thought required.
ALSO note: you don't need a telescope. ISS is normally as bright as the brighter stars.
ALSO, ALSO - with a telescope you would have a hard time keeping up with it. It crosses the sky in minutes - magnify that and it is fairly hooning along.
2006-10-04 19:24:31 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure can. I worked at Boeing in Houston a few years back, and we were notified to watch for it as it passed over. I had the best seat in the house (on the roof) as that sucker buzzed by. Pretty damned cool.
2006-10-04 17:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Google for it's positions. On a good night it can be seen by the naked eye, (the Mir station was also when up there).
2006-10-04 17:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by tucksie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States
This web site wil give you the times a approaches according to US cities and States. Back it up to home and you can change countries
2006-10-04 17:48:03 · answer #5 · answered by paladinamok 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every tuesday at 7:00 pm.
2006-10-04 17:38:49 · answer #6 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sheesh, if you don't where north and south are, you're never going to figure this out.
2006-10-04 20:18:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States
2006-10-04 17:40:19 · answer #8 · answered by DanE 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋