Cumbrian Sky

It's easy! Just look at the timetable I've put here (UK times and viewing location... if you're an overseas reader your times and circumstances will be different) and it will tell you 1) when to start looking for the International Space Station as it rises in the west, 2) when the ISS will be at its highest, and 3) when it will fade from view.

Not sure what you're looking for? Well, the ISS looks like a very bright "star" that rises in the west, arcs across the sky from west to east (or right to left) then fades, or even sets, in the east after a couple of minutes. Sometimes its track across the sky is very high, other times it barely scrapes the treetops. Sometimes it's VERY bright - outshining anything else in the sky apart from the Moon - and other times it's just visible to the naked eye. Hint: the very brightest "passes" are those with a minus sign in front of the 'magnitude' number (astronomers measure the brightness of things in the night sky in terms of 'magnitude') .

Hope you see it at least once!

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