THE International Space Station (ISS) is visible in our skies again, but seeing it will mean either staying up very late or getting up very early, because it's crossing the heavens late in the evening or at ridiculous o'clock in the morning for the next week or so.
To see the ISS, go outside at the following times on the dates given, look to the west, and wait. Soon you'll see a 'star' climbing up from the horizon - this is the space station. You'll then see the ISS arc across the sky, from west to east. Some passes are higher and brighter than others and those are marked*.
July 30: 01.16; 02.49*; 04.25. July 31: 01.58*; 03.32; 23.27*. August 1: 02.43; 04.16; 22.34. August 2: 00.10*; 23.17*. August 3: 00.53; 22.24*. August 4: 00.00*; 23.07*. August 5: 00.43; 22.14*; 23.50*.
Remember, anything standing still is a bright star or planet, anything blinking is an airplane. Good luck!
Stuart Atkinson
Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal.
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