Saw something in the night sky slowly traveling from overhead to the north over Adelaide tonight around 9.30 pm. Satellite or something. Anyone know what it may have been?
Cheers, John.
Swoffer said
12:11 AM Feb 9, 2017
Possibly the international space station ?
Joe50 said
12:42 AM Feb 9, 2017
Probably a polar orbiting satellite if it was heading north.
meetoo said
01:47 AM Feb 9, 2017
Swoffer wrote:
Possibly the international space station ?
Swoffer, the space station is in the southern sky so that one is ruled out.
Cheers, John.
rockylizard said
06:27 AM Feb 9, 2017
Gday...
Is it a bird ....... is it a plane ...... NO IT'S SUPERFORUMITE ! ! ! !
Cheers - John
Mike Harding said
07:52 AM Feb 9, 2017
Check this website and/or its mobile phone app.
http://www.heavens-above.com/
diggerop said
08:00 AM Feb 9, 2017
The International Space Station orbits the earth and can be seen from anywhere if you know when and where to look. On a NASA website you can put in your location and email and when the the ISS is due to pass overhead they send an email beforehand of the time and where too look. I have seen it a number go times now. It's a lot brighter than the average star.
Thanks all. Yes plenty to see sometimes when you look up. rockylizard, I'll be keeping an eye out for that Superforumite.
Cheers, John.
Hey Jim said
11:32 AM Feb 9, 2017
I recond it was Optus C1,C3 that I was looking for, Cause we got back on the air this morning with our sat dish.
Jim
meetoo said
12:43 PM Feb 9, 2017
Hey Jim, Optus C1 and D3 are stationary, so not them either as the one I watched was moving across the sky.
Cheers, John.
Kisha said
01:07 PM Feb 9, 2017
Hi : what you saw could not be the ISS = International Space Station as there are no sightings from Adelaide at all between Feb 7th To Feb 21st and all are between the hours of 3.14am and 5.28am, so a pm sighting was not possible, however what you can see is a flash during daylight hours if the sun reflects on the solar panels of ISS. I have been a regular visitor to Nasa since 2000, and follow launches and all info relating to Nasa, and of course the European Space Agency. You can go to the Nasa website and look at where it says Spot The Station, type in your location and all the visible sightings will be there for you to see. Astroviewer will let you see where the ISS is at the + = crosshair, however it will not tell you in words where the exact location is like it use to 2 months ago. Take a look it is most informative. I would say you saw a satellite, there are so many up there now. Regards Kisha.
macka17 said
01:02 PM Feb 11, 2017
Choice of two methink's.
The Boogie Man. OR of coming from\going to Noarlunga..
Saw something in the night sky slowly traveling from overhead to the north over Adelaide tonight around 9.30 pm. Satellite or something. Anyone know what it may have been?
Cheers, John.
Swoffer, the space station is in the southern sky so that one is ruled out.
Cheers, John.
Gday...
Is it a bird ....... is it a plane ...... NO IT'S SUPERFORUMITE ! ! ! !
Cheers - John
Check this website and/or its mobile phone app.
http://www.heavens-above.com/
iss.astroviewer.net/observation.php
Thanks all. Yes plenty to see sometimes when you look up. rockylizard, I'll be keeping an eye out for that Superforumite.
Cheers, John.
I recond it was Optus C1,C3 that I was looking for, Cause we got back on the air this morning with our sat dish.
Jim
Hey Jim, Optus C1 and D3 are stationary, so not them either as the one I watched was moving across the sky.
Cheers, John.
Hi : what you saw could not be the ISS = International Space Station as there are no sightings from Adelaide at all between Feb 7th To Feb 21st and all are between the hours of 3.14am and 5.28am, so a pm sighting was not possible, however what you can see is a flash during daylight hours if the sun reflects on the solar panels of ISS. I have been a regular visitor to Nasa since 2000, and follow launches and all info relating to Nasa, and of course the European Space Agency. You can go to the Nasa website and look at where it says Spot The Station, type in your location and all the visible sightings will be there for you to see. Astroviewer will let you see where the ISS is at the + = crosshair, however it will not tell you in words where the exact location is like it use to 2 months ago. Take a look it is most informative. I would say you saw a satellite, there are so many up there now. Regards Kisha.
The Boogie Man. OR of coming from\going to Noarlunga..
My ex... On her broom (chuckle)