puzzled

[clearskiesplease]

hi newbie here i've just been viewing jupiter for the 1st time and it was great i could see the bands and three moons, plus a couple of shooting stars one leaving as nice firey trail as it burned up in the atmosphere with the naked eye and when i was calling it a night which is hard to do on a rare clear night something else moved vertical at a fast pace i didnt see any flasing lights as you would on plane and think maybe it was a satelite or the ISS, how fast do satelites or the ISS move across the sky and are these visable to the naked because its got me puzzled....?

[Tim]

probably one of the myriad bits of hardware whizzing around up there.

Usually you can watch them disappear into earths shadow.

Was a nice clear night werent it? Im just watching the clouds starting to form up now (2am). Think last night was clearer though, I saw the little dipper in its entirety for the first time from this house!!

Cheers

TJ

[phillc]

Have tried the Heavens Above web site. Enter your co- ordinates and it will tell you when ISIS will be in view, also what satellites you might see, and also any iridium flares that are due.

phillc

[Vega]

Wow... you can see egyptian gods up there now too :shock:

Matt