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Star Chart for Southern Hampshire |
Your Sky, planets and constellations at Fri, 22-Mar-2019 04:10pm GMT |
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Sunspot Activity
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Sunset: 18:20:00 Sunrise: 06:03:00 DIY Sunspot Viewer |
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96% illuminated - Waning Gibbous Moon Moonrise: 20:20:00 (22/03/2019) New Moon: 05-Apr-2019 09:51:00 Full Moon: 21-Mar-2019 01:43:00 |
Space Wx |
Astronomy Fact
The tallest mountain in the Solar System is Olympus Mons, on Mars at a height of about 15 miles, three times the height of Mount Everest. It covers an area about half the size of Spain.
Space Track-Satellite Passes
International Space Station View Look Angles
Notes about viewing ESVs:
When using lookangles, choose passes with high magnitudes; less than 6.0. ("Looks" are local time.)
Best viewing is when ESV is in Earth's penumbra; on the map, it's the solid line during night.
Dotted line on map denotes ESV is dark, in Earth's umbra (shadow).
Objects in orbit have to maintain a speed of at least 17,500mph, therefore ESVs traverse the sky noticeably different than aircraft.
ESVs appearing to blink are either tumbling rocket bodies, or spinning payloads with deployed solar arrays.
High-Eccentricity objects have a more ellongated orbit. Ground trace looks like a backwards C.
Regression-Ground traces will move West with each orbit due to Earth's rotation.
Script courtesy of: Lee from MadALwx. Page template and Facts script courtesy of: TNET Weather.
Page Template and Moon script courtesy of: Saratoga Weather. Graph base code courtesy of: jpGraph.