super long ISS pass tonight 12,06.2014

[Pete Presland]

fabulous conditions tonight for a very long visible ISS pass, must have been visible for around 5 minutes tonight! never tire of seeing it, could not help giving a wave as it dissappeared

[davefrance]

I wave every time it comes over, how sad are we....

[Tinker1947]

It did look very bright, high in the sky, just a bit south of my location....just after 23:00......

[cotterless45]

Superb long pass, I always wave , hurrah !

Nick.

[mjpfc]

From here it appeared at 22:59:40 West of WNW above the rooftops and sailed past the Tail of Ursa major to finally

fade out about 3 degrees above the rooftops to the ESE. Bright and Serene, in contrast to the dronning, flashing Tin-tubes

full of tourists that were evident in quite a few other parts of the sky.

(Cannot really complain, I flew back across this area on my way home from Tenerife in April, but it does me good to have a short

rant now and again, justified or not).

   Not long after (About 23:27) "something" sailed at a comparable rate and brightness from 20 degrees up to my WSW, Northwards

to aproximately the same height to the West of me before it faded out.

Have not narrowed this down to anything specific yet. Could have been any slowly spinning satellite, or a Buzzard carrying a mirror.

Regards, Mick

[Pete Presland]

From here it appeared at 22:59:40 West of WNW above the rooftops and sailed past the Tail of Ursa major to finally

fade out about 3 degrees above the rooftops to the ESE. Bright and Serene, in contrast to the dronning, flashing Tin-tubes

full of tourists that were evident in quite a few other parts of the sky.

(Cannot really complain, I flew back across this area on my way home from Tenerife in April, but it does me good to have a short

rant now and again, justified or not).

   Not long after (About 23:27) "something" sailed at a comparable rate and brightness from 20 degrees up to my WSW, Northwards

to aproximately the same height to the West of me before it faded out.

Have not narrowed this down to anything specific yet. Could have been any slowly spinning satellite, or a Buzzard carrying a mirror.

Regards, Mick

my money is on the buzzard, very vain those birds

[Pete Presland]

i did take 26x5sec exposures of the ISS as it went over, but the resulting stack is not great at the moment.