International space station

[Mollie the cat]

Is passing over Cyprus at 8.34 pm, any idea where to look please?

[greengate]

Today its only for 2mins - On Monday it can be seen for 6 minutes

Sun Apr 5, 8:34 PM 2 min 79° 23° above NW to 63° above ESE
Mon Apr 6, 7:46 PM 6 min 42° 10° above NW to 11° above ESE

[Mollie the cat]

Thanks, you are speaking to a thickie here, do we look to the sea or the mountains, thanks anyway.

[Mollie the cat]

We saw it! Came from town over the coast fantastic.

[PapaBravo]

It was awesome. Thank you Mollie.

[greengate]

In case you want another look - providing its a clear night

Mon Apr 6, 9:24 PM 1 min 13° 10° above W to 13° above WSW (second orbit on monday - but low on the horizon)
Tue Apr 7, 8:37 PM 3 min 26° 20° above W to 20° above S
Wed Apr 8, 7:51 PM 4 min 50° 38° above W to 10° above SSE
Fri Apr 10, 7:54 PM 2 min 14° 14° above WSW 11° above SSW

[Wines Of The World]

Does it look like a very bright star in the sky?

[Keithcaley]

Visible for 2 minutes only - started off over the sea and headed almost directly for the moon.

If you can see a bright star over to the West, you're looking at the planet Venus - AKA 'the evening star' (even tho' it's not really a star! )

[thornaby]

As Keith posted, Venus is very visible in the western sky, looks fantastic

[thornaby]

On a similar note tonight is a super moon, a full moon when the moon is its closest point to the earth , perigee.

[Wines Of The World]

As Keith posted, Venus is very visible in the western sky, looks fantastic

Me and my gf have had many many crazy discussions about this star/planet as to what it is, sputnik -googlesat-or just some other satellite and we are both wrong

[Mollie the cat]

Is it 7.46 tonight please?

[Mollie the cat]

And there it was again, gave it a wave, but didnt get a wave back!

[meldy]

it was going at a heck of a rate

[jofra]

For anyone who is interested in sky-gazing, two (IMO) very good (free) programs are Celestia and Stellarium -
Celestia is a "free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions" (from anywhere in the universe), while Stellarium shows the sky (stars, nebulae, satellites, etc.) in real-time from wherever you choose on Earth - I've used both for many years. A note - with Stellarium, IF you have a problem (due to video card/chip), select Stellarium MESA Mode.

[thornaby]

Missed the ISS last night but I was up at 0330 and looked up at that big beautiful moon almost directly overhead, spectacular, reflecting all that's happening and said things will get back to normal.