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

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

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

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

It was awesome. Thank you Mollie.

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

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

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! )

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

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

thornaby wrote: ↑

Mon 06 Apr 2020 7:31 am

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

Is it 7.46 tonight please?

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

it was going at a heck of a rate

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.

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.