ISS location?

[Coolhand]

Can anyone tell me if the ISS was due to be passing over england about 2 minutes prior to this post? I'm pretty sure i got a good look at it's reflected light. Second time i've seen it i think, but perhaps it was just a satellite? It was real bright though not as bright as the last time when discovery was docked to it.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Heavens-Above map says it just did.
http://heavens-above.com/PassDetail...t=18&tz=GMT&satid=25544&date=39659.8990259259

http://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=51.517&lng=-0.105&loc=London&alt=18&tz=GMT
Magnitude -1.6 (at least in London), with a pass of about maximum brightness of the ISS tomorrow.

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

http://www.heavens-above.com/ What I use to identify satelites in my area. You can check previous passes.
Edit: Lol same second post!

 

[astrosammy]

I saw it one Orbit before (saw Jupiter with my new scope looked up an there was it). And I saw "Cosmos 2263 Rocket" a bit later.

 

[Coolhand]

Heavens-Above map says it just did.
http://heavens-above.com/PassDetail...t=18&tz=GMT&satid=25544&date=39659.8990259259

http://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=51.517&lng=-0.105&loc=London&alt=18&tz=GMT
Magnitude -1.6 (at least in London), with a pass of about maximum brightness of the ISS tomorrow.

Yay, thanks! me and my girlfriend didn't just wave at a soulless satellite or spent upper rocket stage then

I wonder if they waved back?:huh:

 

[YL3GDY]

You can use Cartes du Ciel sky atlas: http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

This app has a feature to display visual path of the satellites and their visual magnitudes using TLE's. Also it can download the latest elements.

 

[James.Denholm]

Yay, thanks! me and my girlfriend didn't just wave at a soulless satellite or spent upper rocket stage then

I wonder if they waved back?:huh:

Wonder if they saw you?:huh:

Actualy, if you've read "Adrift in the oceans of Mercury", you might think they did...

 

[DaveS]

Wonder if they saw you?:huh:

Actualy, if you've read "Adrift in the oceans of Mercury", you might think they did...

Hardly. They were in their sleep period then.