NT Dark Skies

NT Dark Skies

Hi Sky Watchers
The International Space Station is by far the biggest & brightest Man Made object in space (and getting bigger all the time)
The following table shows where and when the ISS will be visible from Nhulunbuy over the next week.
It has the naked eye visibility of a bright star at this Mag (magnitude)
Alt is the Degree's above the Horizon where the ISS is visible (0deg being the horizon & 90deg being straight up)
Az is the compass bearing you need to be facing when you are looking for it (IE: North, south, east or west)


Starts Maximum Altitude Ends
Date Mag Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
02 Nov -0.8 19:28:22 10 SSW 19:31:17 70 SE 19:31:46 57 ENE

04 Nov -0.7 18:50:02 10 SW 18:52:59 76 WNW 18:55:56 10 NNE

Experience has show us that it is possible to make out structure, in the outline of the ISS when tracking it with a telescope.
However with a ground speed of 29,000 km/hr it is a challenging object to track with a telescope, even at low power!
Happy ISS hunting.