Saturday, March 5, 2011

A Light In The Sky


The International Space Station (ISS), the second brightest object in the nightsky, second only to the Moon, is making several passes over Ireland for the next few days. The ISS periodically makes a series of passes above Ireland. The weather has been good and skies clear which has led to some amazing passes as ISS and the Space Shuttle Discovery are curently joined. This means that the space station fly-overs will be brighter than usual.


Click this link to enter your location and see what is flying overhead.
http://spaceweather.com/flybys/country.php

If you want to catch the ISS flying overhead Tipperary, you can check this list below;

Thursday March 3rd 2011
The ISS – Discovery will rise at 07:10:15pm from the West. Max elevation will be 66° and will have a magnitude of -3.8 (very bright)

Friday March 4th 2011
The ISS – Discovery will rise at 07:36:13pm from the West. Max elevation will be 44° and will have a magnitude of -3.1 (very bright)

Saturday March 5th 2011
The ISS – Discovery will rise at 06:28:12pm from the West. Max elevation will be 64° and will have a magnitude of -3.7 (very bright)

Sunday March 6th 2011
The ISS – Discovery will rise at 06:52:40pm from the West. Max elevation will be 42° and will have a magnitude of -3.0 (very bright)

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