Iridium Flare 14th October

While you're at it, why not look out for this Iridum flare? These bright flashes of light happen when a rotating Iridium series satellite flashes a beam of reflected sunlight back to the Earth from its mirrored surface.

14 Oct

18:23:41

-4

46°

193° (SSW)

11.0 km (W)

-8

Iridium 4

-4 tells you how bright it will be. The biggest minus numbers are the best. -4 is very bright.
46 tells you how high up to look. The horizon is at 0 and overhead is at 90, so this is almost exactly half way.
193 tells you what direction to look in - North is 0, south is 180.

in other words, look half way up the sky, a little west of south at 18:23 and 41 seconds. the flare will last for a few seconds...

source: heavens-above website, link on the right

ISS pass - hope you see it!

The best flyover of the ISS in the next week or so will be on the 19th Oct.


look out for it at 20:59:08 in the WSW. It will climb quite high in the sky and get very bright, until it is the brightest star-like object in the sky. Unlike a star, it will be flying eastwards (it is actually passing directly over the English Channel), and it will be visible fromYork for about three minutes.

19 Oct

-3.1

20:59:08

10

WSW

21:02:10

46

SSE

21:05:14

10

E

source: heavens-above website, link on the right