Space Station???

pjard · 09-27-2014, 07:57 PM

I know this is a long shot but did anyone else see the very low, EXTREMELY bright satellite in the southern sky tonight? It was very unusual, was it the space station by any chance?

NHskier · 09-27-2014, 08:46 PM

According to NASA's website the International Space Station was visible today only at 4:05 and 5:38 AM.

Station sightings can be found at: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/#.VCdnOL5DF5l

Dad sold the C * C · 09-28-2014, 05:27 AM

I was on the dock around 8pm last night and saw 2 separate Satillites , but they were small and faint. Both moved northwest to southeast.

rick35 · 09-28-2014, 09:52 AM

There's all kinds of stuff up there. Hopefully this link works.

http://heavens-above.com/AllSats.asp...alt=158&tz=EST

wynndog · 09-28-2014, 06:44 PM

WOW! Looks worse than Rt 93 or the Mass. pike

rick35 · 09-28-2014, 09:16 PM

We crossed over to Bear on Friday night at 10. The night sky was amazing. The Pleides were visible to the east and the Milky Way overhead was as bright as I've ever seen it. Cool nights make for the best time to stare gaze. And occasionally you get to see something else pass overhead. I'm still looking for my first ufo. I'm from Exeter and was a kid when the aliens landed there (supposedly). I missed out but am still looking up.

SIKSUKR · 09-30-2014, 02:14 PM

I go out almost every night and have yet to be shut out of seeing "satellites". Its almost all space junk but pretty cool finding it and watching it move through the sky. I will say I see much less now than I did during the summer months. Probably the angle of the sun relative to my location on earth.

SIKSUKR · 10-09-2014, 02:25 PM

Anybody see last nights ISS? The highest one overhead I've seen at 85 degrees. Tonite is a long 6 minute one starting just before 7. Sw-Ne at 52 degrees above the horizon maximun height.

Broken Glass · 10-10-2014, 07:41 AM

We got a great look at the space staion last night! It flew buy at 6:58PM SW-NE.

BroadHopper · 10-10-2014, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by rick35

We crossed over to Bear on Friday night at 10. The night sky was amazing. The Pleides were visible to the east and the Milky Way overhead was as bright as I've ever seen it. Cool nights make for the best time to stare gaze. And occasionally you get to see something else pass overhead. I'm still looking for my first ufo. I'm from Exeter and was a kid when the aliens landed there (supposedly). I missed out but am still looking up.

Funny, I was a CIT at Camp Lincoln about the same time if the 'invasion'. The counselors and CITs use to make up campfire stories to scare the campers until the Director said it was enough. I was a little scared myself as the night I heard the story, I couldn't sleep at all!

09-27-2014, 07:57 PM	#1
pjard Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 635 Thanks: 490 Thanked 194 Times in 101 Posts	Space Station??? I know this is a long shot but did anyone else see the very low, EXTREMELY bright satellite in the southern sky tonight? It was very unusual, was it the space station by any chance?

09-27-2014, 08:46 PM	#2
NHskier Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 291 Thanks: 43 Thanked 36 Times in 33 Posts	According to NASA's website the International Space Station was visible today only at 4:05 and 5:38 AM. Station sightings can be found at: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/#.VCdnOL5DF5l __________________ NHskier

09-28-2014, 09:52 AM	#4
rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 807 Thanks: 58 Thanked 203 Times in 130 Posts	Mostly Space junk There's all kinds of stuff up there. Hopefully this link works. http://heavens-above.com/AllSats.asp...alt=158&tz=EST

09-30-2014, 02:14 PM	#7
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	I go out almost every night and have yet to be shut out of seeing "satellites". Its almost all space junk but pretty cool finding it and watching it move through the sky. I will say I see much less now than I did during the summer months. Probably the angle of the sun relative to my location on earth. __________________ SIKSUKR

10-09-2014, 02:25 PM	#8
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Anybody see last nights ISS? The highest one overhead I've seen at 85 degrees. Tonite is a long 6 minute one starting just before 7. Sw-Ne at 52 degrees above the horizon maximun height. __________________ SIKSUKR

09-28-2014, 05:27 AM	#3
Dad sold the C * C Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 273 Thanks: 119 Thanked 62 Times in 40 Posts	I was on the dock around 8pm last night and saw 2 separate Satillites , but they were small and faint. Both moved northwest to southeast.

09-28-2014, 06:44 PM	#5
wynndog Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Alton Posts: 98 Thanks: 170 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	WOW! Looks worse than Rt 93 or the Mass. pike

09-28-2014, 09:16 PM	#6
rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 807 Thanks: 58 Thanked 203 Times in 130 Posts	We crossed over to Bear on Friday night at 10. The night sky was amazing. The Pleides were visible to the east and the Milky Way overhead was as bright as I've ever seen it. Cool nights make for the best time to stare gaze. And occasionally you get to see something else pass overhead. I'm still looking for my first ufo. I'm from Exeter and was a kid when the aliens landed there (supposedly). I missed out but am still looking up.

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10-10-2014, 07:41 AM	#9
Broken Glass Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Atkinson,NH/Rattlesnake Island Posts: 164 Thanks: 330 Thanked 67 Times in 28 Posts	Space Statiion We got a great look at the space staion last night! It flew buy at 6:58PM SW-NE.