I know that many of you now really enjoy watching the International Space Station (ISS) crossing the sky, so you'll be pleased to hear it's visible again over the next couple of weeks. To see it, just go out on the dates and at the times given, face the west and wait for a bright 'star' to climb up from the horizon. That's the ISS.

April 5, 22.05; April 6, 21.12; April 7, 21.54; April 8, 21.00 and 22.36; April 9, 21.42; April 10, 20.49 and 22.25; April 11, 21.31; April 12, 22.13; April 13, 21.20 and 22.56; April 14t, 22.02.

ISS will then head across the sky, from west to east, (right to left). Remember, anything flashing is a plane. And don't mistake Venus - shining brilliantly in the west now until after 11pm - for the ISS either.

Stuart Atkinson

Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal