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I have a computer program on my laptop called stellarium.It's free to download- just search it. Once you have entered your location (settings are at bottom left of screen, or press F4 & F6 to setup, then press A), it will show you almost anything you can see in the sky at any given time for the next 97,000 yrs. Planets, constellations, nebulas & satellites. A must have for any stargazer. The open university also provide a similar program (planisphere) that you don't need to download.

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ISS will be passing over from west to east. If you get to watch the sunset this evening at 5:41pm, wait 10 mins & it will appear where the sun sets. 5:50pm till 6pm. 10 minutes & then it's gone again, dissapearing in the east.

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Originally Posted by gingevans
ISS will be passing over from west to east. If you get to watch the sunset this evening at 5:41pm, wait 10 mins & it will appear where the sun sets. 5:50pm till 6pm. 10 minutes & then it's gone again, dissapearing in the east.


lets hope the sky clears again this afternoon for it… i'm a newby to the wirral, any suggestions wheres the best place to go and see/photograph the sunset? i usually go west kirby way but a new location would be great :-)

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Thanks Gingevans,for the stellarium.org link at least i can now identify what i am looking at smile

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A handy site giving the ISS data/times.

http://www.heavens-above.com/

Well worth a look!

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Thanks,Pinzgauer will get on that now.

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I've entered lat. & long. co-ordinates for mid Wirral. (It ain't that vital to be spot on). If you open this page, it should give you all the info.

http://www.heavens-above.com/?lat=53.36858&lng=-3.0542&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=GMT


All you need is a clear sky tonight!

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Thanks again Pinzgauer,tracking it now my that thing fast.

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ISS approaching england now but its to cloudy

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So weird- On Monday I saw a UFO- however, from what you guys are saying is was the ISS- exactly how you describe- coming in from the right at breakneck speed if you compare it to the speed of a jet- looks just like a star. Oh well a bit disappointed! This led me to thinking that the star formation last night which you guys have also mentioned was something to do with that UFO- well all I can say is I am disappointed again!

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Purple22, bit late for tonight, but some places I've done sunset photography include New Brighton, Moreton shore and Thurstaston, all worth a shoot. smile

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