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some Early Evening Bright International Space Sation Passes 11-16 May 2019)

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The ISS passes close to the bright star Canopus as seen from Sydney on the evening of Monday 13 May at 18:26 AEST. Simulated in Stellarium (the ISS will actually be a bright dot), click to embiggen. The ISS passes near the Southern Cross, as seen from Adelaide on the  evening of Saturday 11 May at 18:41 ACST. Simulated in Stellarium (the ISS will actually be a bright dot), click to embiggen. The ISS passes between the Pointers, as seen from Perth on the  evening of Saturday 11 May at 18:48 AWST. Simulated in Stellarium (the ISS will actually be a bright dot), the inset shows the binocular view of the close pass.click to embiggen.
All sky chart showing local times from Heavens Above for Monday 13 May for Sydney. All sky chart showing local  times from Heavens Above for Saturday 11 May for Adelaide. All sky chart showing local times from Heavens Above for Saturday 11 Mayh for Perth.

Over the next few days there are a series of very bright ISS passes in the early evening or twilight where the ISS passes close to Canopus, the Southern Cross  or the Pointers and some other iconic stars and constellations). The ones deep in twilight may be hard to find guide stars for but some of the passes are very bright and will be well worth watching for. There are a number of other relatively bright satellites about at this time which you amy see close to the ISS.

The following tables are from data provided from Heavens Above.

Passes from Adelaide (ACDST)

Date Brightness Start Highest point End Pass type
(mag) Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
10 May -1.7 17:57:17 10° S 17:59:15 14° SSE 18:01:12 10° ESE visible
10 May -1.3 19:32:49 10° SW 19:34:00 20° SW 19:34:00 20° SW visible
11 May -3.7 18:41:58 10° SW 18:45:17 55° SE 18:45:53 46° E visible
12 May -2.8 17:51:18 10° SSW 17:54:18 29° SE 17:57:17 10° E visible
12 May -1.5 19:28:04 10° WSW 19:30:46 22° NW 19:30:50 22° NW visible
13 May -2.8 18:36:45 10° WSW 18:39:59 46° NW 18:43:11 10° NNE visible
14 May -3.8 17:45:45 10° SW 17:49:07 81° SE 17:52:27 10° NE visible
15 May -0.7 18:32:21 10° W 18:34:28 16° NW 18:36:34 10° NNW visible

Passes from Brisbane (AEST)

Date Brightness Start Highest point End Pass type
(mag) Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
10 May -1.2 18:30:59 10° S 18:31:14 11° S 18:31:14 11° S visible
11 May -0.6 19:15:42 10° SW 19:15:53 11° SW 19:15:53 11° SW visible
12 May -3.5 18:24:54 10° SSW 18:28:01 46° SE 18:28:01 46° SE visible
13 May -2.5 17:34:26 10° SSW 17:37:11 23° SE 17:39:53 10° E visible
13 May -1.1 19:11:06 10° WSW 19:13:23 20° WNW 19:13:23 20° WNW visible
14 May -2.7 18:19:37 10° SW 18:22:50 44° NW 18:26:00 10° NNE visible
15 May -3.8 17:28:37 10° SW 17:31:58 74° SE 17:35:16 10° NE visible
16 May -0.5 18:15:36 10° W 18:17:17 13° NW 18:18:58 10° NNW visible

Passes from Darwin (ACST)

Date Brightness Start Highest point End Pass type
(mag) Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
14 May -3.2 19:25:47 10° SSW 19:28:51 34° SE 19:29:23 31° ESE visible
15 May -1.0 20:11:53 10° WSW 20:14:18 19° NW 20:16:15 12° NNW visible
16 May -2.8 19:20:15 10° SW 19:23:27 48° NW 19:26:38 10° NNE visible
18 May -0.3 19:16:33 10° W 19:17:55 12° WNW 19:19:19 10° NNW visible

Passes from Hobart (AEST)

Date Brightness Start Highest point End Pass type
(mag) Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
10 May -3.8 18:26:20 10° WSW 18:29:44 87° NNW 18:31:14 30° NE visible
11 May -3.6 17:35:28 10° SW 17:38:49 56° SSE 17:42:07 10° ENE visible
11 May -1.4 19:12:35 10° W 19:15:09 20° NW 19:15:53 19° NNW visible
12 May -2.2 18:21:18 10° WSW 18:24:25 35° NW 18:27:30 10° NNE visible
13 May -3.3 17:30:14 10° WSW 17:33:35 65° NW 17:36:54 10° NE visible
14 May -0.7 18:16:52 10° W 18:18:52 15° NW 18:20:52 10° NNW visible
15 May -1.3 17:25:15 10° WSW 17:28:08 26° NW 17:30:59 10° NNE visible

Passes from Melbourne (AEST)

Date Brightness Start Highest point End Pass type
(mag) Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
10 May -3.0 18:26:58 10° SW 18:30:05 33° SSE 18:31:14 26° ESE visible
10 May -0.3 20:03:47 10° WSW 20:04:01 11° WSW 20:04:01 11° WSW visible
11 May -2.9 19:12:32 10° WSW 19:15:47 47° NW 19:15:53 46° NW visible
12 May -3.9 18:21:33 10° SW 18:24:56 85° SE 18:28:01 12° NE visible
13 May -0.9 19:08:03 10° W 19:10:19 17° NW 19:12:34 10° N visible
14 May -1.9 18:16:30 10° WSW 18:19:33 32° NW 18:22:35 10° NNE visible
16 May -0.3 18:12:33 10° WNW 18:13:58 12° NW 18:15:21 10° NNW visible

Passes from Perth (AWST)   

Date Brightness Start Highest point End Pass type
(mag) Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
10 May -1.4 18:02:07 10° SSE 18:02:30 10° SSE 18:02:53 10° SE visible
10 May -1.0 19:36:10 10° SW 19:36:48 15° SW 19:36:48 15° SW visible
11 May -3.3 18:45:26 10° SSW 18:48:37 39° SE 18:48:41 39° SE visible
12 May -2.3 17:54:57 10° SSW 17:57:37 21° SE 18:00:16 10° E visible
12 May -1.6 19:31:16 10° WSW 19:33:40 26° WNW 19:33:40 26° WNW visible
13 May -3.3 18:40:03 10° SW 18:43:22 62° NW 18:46:14 13° NNE visible
14 May -3.7 17:49:09 10° SW 17:52:28 58° SE 17:55:45 10° ENE visible
15 May -0.8 18:35:26 10° W 18:37:53 19° NW 18:40:19 10° N visible

Passes from Sydney (AEST)

Date Brightness Start Highest point End Pass type
(mag) Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
10 May -2.6 18:28:45 10° SSW 18:31:14 29° SSE 18:31:14 29° SSE visible
11 May -2.1 17:38:18 10° SSW 17:40:47 19° SSE 17:43:05 11° ESE visible
11 May -1.4 19:14:19 10° WSW 19:15:53 23° WSW 19:15:53 23° WSW visible
12 May -3.9 18:23:17 10° SW 18:26:39 87° NW 18:28:01 33° NE visible
13 May -3.4 17:32:30 10° SW 17:35:44 44° SE 17:38:56 10° ENE visible
13 May -0.7 19:10:18 10° W 19:11:59 13° NW 19:13:23 11° NNW visible
14 May -1.6 18:18:22 10° WSW 18:21:15 26° NW 18:24:05 10° N visible
15 May -3.0 17:27:07 10° SW 17:30:26 57° NW 17:33:41 10° NNE visible

  

When and what you will see is VERY location dependent, so you need to use either Heavens Above or CalSky to get site specific predictions for your location, a small difference in location can mean the difference between the ISS passing over a star or missing it completely. As always, start looking several minutes before the pass is going to start to get yourself oriented and your eyes dark adapted. Be patient, there may be slight differences in the time of the ISS appearing due to orbit changes not picked up by the predictions. Use the most recent prediction for your site.


Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2019/05/some-early-evening-bright-international.html


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