The International Space Station (ISS) is still visible in our sky,but there aren't many chances to see it over the next week.

The good news however is that it is visible in the evening, so you won't have to get up at silly o'clock in the morning to see it.

If you've seen the ISS before you can skip this next bit and go straight to the dates and times below, but if you haven't seen it before then you are looking for a bright "star" that rises in the west, arcs across the sky - from right to left as you're standing there looking at the sky - and then sets or fades from view over in the east.

The movement is the key: if you're looking at a bright light standing still in the sky that's a star, not the ISS.

There are no bright planets on view in the evening sky at the moment to confuse with the ISS, so that's a real help.

Go out on the following dates, just before the times given, and face the west.

Eventually you'll see a "star" rising up from the horizon, heading left.

This will be the ISS. Some "passes" are higher and brighter than others, but even the faint, low passes are fascinating to watch when you realise you're looking at a real life spaceship, with a crew of astronauts onboard, flying through the constellations at 17,000 mph.

Over the coming week the ISS will never get very high in the sky, and will just scrape the treetops, so just be aware of that.

Also be aware that although the ISS is clearly visible to the naked eye, at this time of year, when the sky never gets truly dark, it doesn't look quite as striking as it does on a frosty winter night. But it's still an amazing sight to see.

Finally, I was stopped in the street last week by a Gazette reader who told me she had seen "a faint star" following the space station across the sky - was it a UFO? No, it was the uncrewed "Starliner" capsule that had been sent up to dock with the ISS.

It's getting quite busy up there now, with visiting spacecraft coming and going regularly, so if you see an object trailing or leading the ISS don't worry, it's not being followed or tractor beamed by an alien spaceship, it's either about to have or has just had visitors.

DATE: May 26th: TIMES: 23:12

DATE: 27th: TIMES: 22:25

DATE: 28th: TIMES: 21:37

DATE: 29th: TIMES: 22:25

DATE: 23rd: TIMES: 22:24

DATE: 24th: TIMES: 23:12