ISS pass with Russian module nearby now! 23.37 21st July 2021

[Stu]

Due at 23.37 apparently

[tooth_dr]

13 minutes ago, Stu said:

Due at 23.37 apparently

Just seen this post, ran out side and saw it. Cheers!

[Littleguy80]

Just saw it too. Thanks for the heads up, Stu. Would have missed this otherwise. Tracked the ISS in the frac for a little bit. Spotted the Russian module naked eye following along behind. Very cool!

[Stu]

1 minute ago, Littleguy80 said:

Just saw it too. Thanks for the heads up, Stu. Would have missed this otherwise. Tracked the ISS in the frac for a little bit. Spotted the Russian module naked eye following along behind. Very cool!

Good stuff Neil. I missed the Russian module! How far behind was it? Couldn’t see it in binoculars but perhaps it was further behind?

[Kon]

I took photos on the 2200 pass but the 2340 looked great with the module behind.

 

[callisto]

Yeah, just watched them through the 10x50 Bino's   😃

[Littleguy80]

3 minutes ago, Stu said:

Good stuff Neil. I missed the Russian module! How far behind was it? Couldn’t see it in binoculars but perhaps it was further behind?

It was traveling around the same speed as the ISS and maybe 1-2 seconds behind it. I’m terrible with judging distances. It was further behind it than I was expecting. 

[Littleguy80]

As a ball park, around the same distance as there is between Al Fawaris (Cygnus) and Vega. 

[John]

Aw - missed it !

Thanks for the heads up anyway

I saw the infamous dropped "tool bag" quite a few years ago - the smallest thing (apart from a meteor I guess) that I've seen in space. It followed the ISS for a while before re-entering and burning up. It was a binocular object for a while:

https://www.space.com/6160-backyard-skywatchers-find-tool-bag-lost-space.html

 

 

[Littleguy80]

48 minutes ago, John said:

Aw - missed it !

Thanks for the heads up anyway

I saw the infamous dropped "tool bag" quite a few years ago - the smallest thing (apart from a meteor I guess) that I've seen in space. It followed the ISS for a while before re-entering and burning up. It was a binocular object for a while:

https://www.space.com/6160-backyard-skywatchers-find-tool-bag-lost-space.html

 

 

Sorry you missed it, John but great story with the tool bag!

[Xgaze]

I saw something very bright around that time moving fast and constant. I pulled away from M31 to view it. I guess this was my first sighting of ISS? Very bright and too fast for me to track and focus at the same time!