International Space Station, Viewing from Ground, and App

Visible the next few days.

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How do you know where to look for it?

With the app. Can hold level or point at the sky and will direct you.

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Here are a few sites listed that help track satellites/stations from your location.

I also like the app from Google to look for stars/planets

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Saw ISS again from South Taiwan for about 5 minutes. forgot to take a picture.

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obviously we don’t believe you.

Pictures, or it didn’t happen.

Them’s the rules, OK?

I saw it too, but pictures won’t help much.
It’s just a small bright for in the sky. One could say it was a UFO, if they didn’t know better…

Not sure if that was planned as a clever tautology, but I like it.

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Them’s da rules? "Ere de pic or sca-roll up.

oh cool. you can see me smiling in that photo.

i lived there for a few months back in 2011. terrible place: no restaurants, no decent shower, not even a private toilet. let alone the lack of shopping or sports amenities.

Get ready

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Did you see it?

No, I was in the Starbucks.

Live crew arrival.

Getting ready for a space walk.

Station visible from ground in Taipei tonight around 3am with naked eye.

Just look up.

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Not sure about that. Best viewing of the station is within an hour, maybe 2 tops, from sunset.

Then again, when does dawn start in Taiwan this time of year? 4-ish? You just might see it break out of the shadow of the earth, pending cloud cover but you’d have to be scanning actively.

Thanks for the heads up.

…1) whenever it’s overhead and 2) sky is clear.

Scroll up for app info that will tell when and where to look in the sky exactly.

Just randomly thought of the ISS, and i see we are due for an excellent pass within the hour.

The next few evenings, weather permitting, may present great sightings

Right now in fact. Look NNW.

Edit, too late in the evening. Try tomorrow at ~7:30