Santa flying over tonight - visible at 17:22

Thanks for the info. NASA's site is currently broken for me so I can't get the local times and vector, but I guess I'll just take us all up to high ground in time for about 10 minutes before London time and look south west.

 

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Happy Christmas John

 

I saw him I think he had his main beam on. Very bright, and very clear. Pretty fast too

 

If 'he' doesn't .... I 'will' @JWK :chrissy grin:

 

Just been out and watched him go over here too. Lovely clear skies tonight, I saw a couple of other satellites while I was out there, both heading roughly south to north.

A lovely crescent moon out tonight too, you can clearly see the 'earthshine' reflecting from the unlit part of the moon too.

 

We saw him too. Not as bright this year as last year, but still clear enough. CL1.1 claimed he could just about make out the reindeers.

 

I missed santa passing earlier...Its far too cloudy here UGH!!

 

Said on the radio there's another chance just after 7pm.

 

Good view here too. Also could see Mars as a red speck close to the moon.
May be better tomorrow as elevation will be greater. Rises (here) @ 16:29 UTC, max elevation of 28 degrees @ 16:32, sets @ 16:35.

If you can access the 'Heavens-Above' web site (it's slow at present due to heavy load) you can get accurate data for your specific location as well as a sky map showing the ISS transit.

 

too cloudy down here...

 

Too cloudy here too:reindeer lights:

 

I saw him