Backyard Stargazing and Amateur Astronomy in Suffolk, Virginia USA
This past weekend my son had a cub scout camping trip at Chippokes state park. I took my AT66 and my small equatorial mount along with us. We were able to watch the ISS flyover on Friday and Saturday night. Friday night was pretty neat since the fly over was at just after 8:00 AM, [...]
The ISS appeared just over the horizon in the southwest and passed nearly directly overhead as it made its way across the sky disappearing in the NE. It was VERY bright and easy to follow across the sky. If you are in south eastern VA you have several chances to check it out over the [...]
The International Space Station will be visible in the Suffolk sky several times over the next few days. Visit the Simple Satellite Tracker to get the times and where to look.
Looks like the ISS will be visible over the Suffolk area on March 30, 31 and April 1, 2. Hoping for clear skies. Check out SpaceWeather.com’s Simple Satellite Tracker to find out when it will be visible in your area.
The kids and I braved the cold to watch the ISS fly over tonight. It rose above the horizon in the south and made it’s way across the sky disappearing into Orion. Here are a couple of 20 second pictures I took that I think turned out pretty well. Find out when you can see [...]
The International Space Station will fly over head tonight, and the next couple nights. Check out the Simple Satellite Tracker from SpaceWeather.com for times and the direction to look. The kids and I will be out watching for it tonight – I hope the skys are clear.
Last night Sandy and I had a great view of the International Space Station just before 6:00 PM. It appeared just over the horizon in the NW and traveled across the sky disappearing in the NE. It was very bright – brighter than Jupiter (which was still visible along with Venus in the west) and [...]
Just watched the ISS flyby from the roof of my office building in Greenbrier. Even with the light polution in the office park it was easy to pick up in the SW moving towards the ESE. It was just about as bright as Jupiter. Very cool. I meant to bring my binoculars to work this [...]
According to the Simple Satellite Tracker at SpaceWeather.com the ISS should be visible in the Suffolk sky November 19-22 in the early evening. The ISS will be very bright so you should be able to pick it up, as long as the skys are clear, even if there is a bit of light pollution where [...]
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