Just read we’ve got another Super Moon coming on the 19th Feb.
10% bigger than a normal full moon it said.
Hope it’s a nice clear night.
Venus, Jupiter and the Moon were once so close but now seem to have gone their separate ways 
Well on past experience of British Weather… 
Some information for Friday!
Last one of this batch of sightings
Chance of Seeing ISS Friday the 8th at 6:24pm for 3 minutes
Chance of seeing the International Space Station Friday the 8th at 6:24pm for 3 minutes
As per usual to see it, go outside and face South, the ISS will be a bright steady white light that crosses the sky from West to East.
I hadn’t bothered setting a reminder for this as it’s been cloudy for ages and the forecast was for more of the same.
I just went to the conservatory for dog food when I realised I could see the moon.
Hooray! Clear skies!
But…I’d missed it by 3 minutes 
That was bad luck Nicol 
Persistent rain here
Thick cloud here too, so missed it again.
It was clear here again but it was probably the faintest I have ever managed to see it at
Pardon my ignorance, but how long will it be circling round up there? Will it be there for ever?
How long has it been there already?
Next lot of sightings, all are early mornings
Times are for Birmingham
Mups, as far as I can tell it’s been there since 1998 when they started building it, was manned in 2000 and has remained manned ever since and is expected to be there until 2030 at least because that’s how long the US funding has been approved for.
More info here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station
I’ll have a read of that, thanks Nicol.
Thanks also, for posting the new timetable, but they are a bit too early for me this time. 
I wonder if you’d still see it in daylight?
Not in broad daylight you won’t, the sun would be in the wrong position to reflect off the solar panels.
Twilight and pre-dawn you can sometimes see it. There are often evening sightings that can be seen in the south that can’t be seen in the North because it gets darker later up there.
Thanks for the new timetable Nicol, unfortunately it’s a bit too early for me also 
Interesting info in your link though 
More sightings, all at stupid o’clock
Thanks Nicol, those are more respectable times… 
Thanks Nicol - saw it twice last night.
Will go and look tonight, Thank you, Nicol.
Isn’t it lovely to have one thread that does not mention the ‘B’ word!!!
Hello All.
Going slightly off topic I watched a very interesting and almost unbelievable documentary last evening about universe. I found it far too deep to grasp. It was said that our own Milky Way galaxy is just one of trillions.Our Solar System is just a very minute spot in this galaxy. Travelling at the speed of light it would take over a million years to travel from one edge of the Milky Way to the other. And the thing that I still cannot believe is that there are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on every beach on this planet. So interesting. The stars we see in the sky are not as they are now but as they were millions of years ago.
I will be watching the second part of this documentary tonight.
Excellent chance of seeing the Space Station at 7:10pm and 8:47pm tonight Wednesday
Excellent chances of seeing the International Space Station at 7:10pm and then at 8:47pm tonight
The 7:10pm sighting is for a whopping 6 minutes and at an angle of about 45 degress for the Midlands, lower the further North you are and higher the further South.
The 8:47pm is visible for 3 minutes and a bit higher in the sky at an angle of 70 degrees for the Midlands.
Should be lovely and clear tonight too.