Discover the Night Sky: International Space Station, Supermoons, and More
2023-10-05 13:12:28 HomepageKnowledge As of: October 5th, 2023, 7:16 p.m By: Tanja Banner Split If the sky is clear this evening, you can see the International Space Station moving across the sky. And there is much more to discover in the evening sky. Update from Thursday, October 5, 2023: The last supermoon of the year ... Read more This article looks at the International Space Station, Supermoons, and other exciting things to discover in the evening sky. From Thursday, October 5, 2023, the good visibility of the ISS is over after a final overflight this evening. This evening, the ISS can be seen flying across the sky again (the times apply to the Frankfurt observation site). Other highlights include the supermoon, planets, shooting stars, and coronal mass ejection from the sun. The article also discusses the importance of small towns and open nature to better places for observation than cities.
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If the sky is clear this evening, you can see the International Space Station moving across the sky. And there is much more to discover in the evening sky.
Update from Thursday, October 5, 2023: The last supermoon of the year is long gone and the good visibility of the International Space Station (ISS) is over after a final overflight this evening. From 7:18 p.m. to 7:22 p.m. the ISS can be seen flying across the sky again (the times apply to the Frankfurt observation site). After that you have to wait a while until the space station can be seen again. You can do that See numerous other exciting things in the night sky in October – including several planets and shooting stars.
Update from Friday, September 29, 2023: This evening you can see the ISS moving across the sky in Germany again – it looks like a bright star moving across the sky from west to east. At the observation site in Frankfurt, the overflight from 8:52 p.m. to 8:56 p.m. is particularly clearly visible. Another highlight in the evening sky is the supermoon, which will rise in the east before sunset and could look spectacular. It’s definitely worth a look because it’s the last supermoon of the year.
International Space Station and the supermoon can be seen in the sky
Update from Thursday, September 28, 2023: “Starlink” satellites and the northern lights are unlikely to be visible in the sky this evening – but the International Space Station (ISS) will be. Anyone who looks up in Frankfurt between 8:04 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. will see the ISS racing across the sky as a bright point – from west to east. For other locations you can get the exact flyover times on the Internet (see below).
Apart from the ISS, you can currently see several planets in the sky – the overview of the September starry sky and the October starry sky reveals details. This evening the moon will also shine in its full glory – although it’s not quite there yet Full moon, but it looks relatively round. Furthermore, it is the last supermoon of the year.
ISS, “Starlink” satellites and northern lights seen in one evening
First report from Tuesday, September 26, 2023: Frankfurt – In the past few days, northern lights have been observed in Germany all the way down to Bavaria. On the night of Tuesday (September 26th) to Wednesday (September 27th), the Northern Lights may be seen again in Germany. Like, among other things, the website sonnen-sturm.info reportedanother coronal mass ejection from the sun is expected to hit the earth’s magnetic field today – this increases the chances of northern lights in the evening.
However, it is important where you are to see the northern lights: further north, the chances are greater than in the south. In addition, you can only see the northern lights if the sky is clear and dark and you are looking north. Small towns and open nature are better places for observation than cities.
A long exposure overflight of the ISS: The International Space Station flies in a high arc across the sky. © imago/Cover Images
ISS and “Starlink” satellites move brightly across the sky
It’s not just the Northern Lights that might be visible on the evening of September 26th: the Northern Lights too International Space Station (ISS) then moves brightly across the sky. In Frankfurt, for example, the ISS is from around 8:03 p.m. to 8:09 p.m to seeas it races across the sky from west to east. It looks like a bright star that is moving very quickly. The ISS can be seen a second time in Frankfurt shortly around 9:40 p.m. For other locations you can see the exact observation times and visibility of the ISS look on the internet.
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SpaceX’s “Starlink” satellites can also be seen in some regions of the sky this evening. The newest “Starlink” group just started yesterday (September 25th), so they are still relatively close to each other. However, they should no longer be visible very brightly – but if you look at the sky in a dark region, you could around 9:09 p.m see moving across the sky. They move from the northwestern horizon to around the constellation Ursa Major. Which planets and stars you can also see in the sky. (tab)
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