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So, if you look up over the next ten days or so, you should be able to catch the ISS cruising through the sky 😁
It’ll basically look like a slow-moving star, which actually makes it pretty easy to spot. 😉
On Tuesday at 9:10:55 PM, this bright little thing called the ISS will head across the southwest sky in just a few minutes. Then on Wednesday, we're actually treated to two separate flybys. The first one kicks off at 8:00:47 PM, where the ISS will show up low on the horizon just west of south, slowly climbing up toward the southeast before passing high above Jupiter and eventually "vanishing" into Earth's shadow a bit north of east, still pretty low down.
The second pass starts at 9:35:54 PM over the west, with the ISS heading toward Ursa Major over the northern horizon.
But honestly, Thursday night is the big one if you actually want to see it. It starts at 8:25:10 PM in the southwest, hits its peak right overhead at 8:28:04, and then disappears out the northeast by 8:30:35—meaning you get a solid five minutes of viewing. During that window, the ISS hits a magnitude of -3.5, making it hands-down the brightest thing in the sky.
Basically, between 8:00 and 9:30 PM, if you don't have anything better to do with your life, just stare at the sky and maybe you'll spot the ISS and the astronauts waving back at you 🤣
Just a heads-up though, they might tweak the station's orbit, so if anyone wants the hyper-accurate tracking data, check out www.heavens-above.com and keep an eye out for any trajectory adjustments. 👍
It’ll basically look like a slow-moving star, which actually makes it pretty easy to spot. 😉
On Tuesday at 9:10:55 PM, this bright little thing called the ISS will head across the southwest sky in just a few minutes. Then on Wednesday, we're actually treated to two separate flybys. The first one kicks off at 8:00:47 PM, where the ISS will show up low on the horizon just west of south, slowly climbing up toward the southeast before passing high above Jupiter and eventually "vanishing" into Earth's shadow a bit north of east, still pretty low down.
The second pass starts at 9:35:54 PM over the west, with the ISS heading toward Ursa Major over the northern horizon.
But honestly, Thursday night is the big one if you actually want to see it. It starts at 8:25:10 PM in the southwest, hits its peak right overhead at 8:28:04, and then disappears out the northeast by 8:30:35—meaning you get a solid five minutes of viewing. During that window, the ISS hits a magnitude of -3.5, making it hands-down the brightest thing in the sky.
Basically, between 8:00 and 9:30 PM, if you don't have anything better to do with your life, just stare at the sky and maybe you'll spot the ISS and the astronauts waving back at you 🤣
Just a heads-up though, they might tweak the station's orbit, so if anyone wants the hyper-accurate tracking data, check out www.heavens-above.com and keep an eye out for any trajectory adjustments. 👍