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Star Chart for Southern Hampshire |
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Sunspot Activity
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Sunset: 15:59:00 Sunrise: 07:59:00 DIY Sunspot Viewer |
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44% illuminated - Waxing Crescent Moon Moonrise: 12:24:00 (14/12/2018) New Moon: 06-Jan-2019 01:29:00 Full Moon: 22-Dec-2018 17:49:00 |
Space Wx |
Astronomy Fact
Betelgeuse, the bright star on Orion's top-left shoulder, is so big that if it was placed where the sun is, it would swallow up Earth, Mars, and Jupiter!
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.