Seeing the International Space Station

[DWebb]

@Mags

I still can’t make up my mind if you are joking about the Christmas lights, DW

OK time to fess up about these lights what I said was not true :shock: it is only the second two weeks in December not the whole of December

[Mags]

@dwebb

ok time to fess up about these lights What i said was not true :shock: It is only the second two weeks in december not the whole of december

[Longdogs]

@DWebb

What we see when we see the Space Station is not any external lights from the Station itself but we see the Sun reflecting off the solar array of the station, the only time you will catch it every 90 minutes is in the Month of December when they have it decked out in the Christmas Lights.

I thought I saw Oleg having a crafty snout out of the bathroom window.

[Mags]

@DWebb

The very thought Mags :shock:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/63/05/5e63053e1d0f2ba385107c0250851313.jpg

A great photo DW, they look a happy crowd

[Mups]

Too cloudy and drizzly to see the last one tonight.
Never mind, I am just glad I saw it on other nights.

[Mags]

@Mups

Too cloudy and drizzly to see the last one tonight.
Never mind, I am just glad I saw it on other nights.

I didn’t see it tonight either but I’m well pleased with all the viewings I have seen since DW started this thread

[Longdogs]

There was a good programme on last night about the Space Shuttle. The Space shuttle triumph and tragedy on CH5. Part two is on next week.

[Nicol]

I just had a look at times this morning and after tomorrow it will be missing until the 19th June at least.

And when it does come back I have no idea whether the sightings will be at night or in the morning.

The trouble with morning ones are it gets light early in summer so to see it you have to be up at sparrows fart

Anyway, I will post the new times when they appear on the site.

[Longdogs]

@Nicol

I just had a look at times this morning and after tomorrow it will be missing until the 19th June at least.

And when it does come back I have no idea whether the sightings will be at night or in the morning.

The trouble with morning ones are it gets light early in summer so to see it you have to be up at sparrows fart

Anyway, I will post the new times when they appear on the site.

[OldGreyFox]

@Nicol

I just had a look at times this morning and after tomorrow it will be missing until the 19th June at least.

And when it does come back I have no idea whether the sightings will be at night or in the morning.

The trouble with morning ones are it gets light early in summer so to see it you have to be up at sparrows fart

Anyway, I will post the new times when they appear on the site.

Yes that made me titter too Longdogs…:-D:-D:-D

And sometimes I’m up early enough to take in the putrid smell of avian flatulence…

[Longdogs]

@OldGreyFox

Yes that made me titter too Longdogs…:-D:-D:-D

And sometimes I’m up early enough to take in the putrid smell of avian flatulence.…

No need for me to get up.

[OldGreyFox]

@Longdogs

No need for me to get up.

After being a postman for a few years before I retired Longdogs…Old habits die hard! It’s taken me eight years to resist the urge to run down everybody’s path as I jog past while out on a run…

[Longdogs]

@oldgreyfox

after being a postman for a few years before i retired longdogs…old habits die hard! It’s taken me eight years to resist the urge to run down everybody’s path as i jog past while out on a run…

[Nicol]

@OldGreyFox

After being a postman for a few years before I retired Longdogs…Old habits die hard! It’s taken me eight years to resist the urge to run down everybody’s path as I jog past while out on a run…

I think this is why I get up early, 7 years of starting work (on the post) at 4.45 am, it’s a hard habit to break.

[DWebb]

@Longdogs

There was a good programme on last night about the Space Shuttle. The Space shuttle triumph and tragedy on CH5. Part two is on next week.

I watched that and although it was good there is something horrible about watching that launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it blew up at the moment they went full throttle, all the excitement and optimism before take off and then the horror, with the families of the astronauts watching on…

[OldGreyFox]

@Nicol

I think this is why I get up early, 7 years of starting work (on the post) at 4.45 am, it’s a hard habit to break.

And it’s the best time of day Nicol…

[Longdogs]

@DWebb

I watched that and although it was good there is something horrible about watching that launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it blew up at the moment they went full throttle, all the excitement and optimism before take off and then the horror, with the families of the astronauts watching on…

Indeed, particularly with families watching and school children. I’m guessing no one was ever held to account for what happened even though it was corporate manslaughter. They didn’t need to die that day.

Great shots of the shuttle in orbit though.

[DWebb]

I was going to do a post explaining how to see the Iridium Flares but lucky I found this picture which explains it all! Happy Viewing!

https://alk3r.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/nasa2bbefore2bpowerpoint2b19612b1.jpg

[Mags]

@DWebb

I was going to do a post explaining how to see the Iridium Flares but lucky I found this picture which explains it all! Happy Viewing!

https://alk3r.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/nasa2bbefore2bpowerpoint2b19612b1.jpg

Gosh DW, I didn’t realise it was easy as that to understand … easy-peasy

[DWebb]

@Mags

Gosh DW, I didn’t realise it was easy as that to understand … easy-peasy

Yes Chipping Sodbury at 11:35pm at an elevetaion of 53 degrees to the right of the equinoctial meridian :-p