Starlink.....
If it's a clear night outside and you have the opportunity, it's always a nice thing to take time to look up at the stars above and put things into perspective.
Last night, Venus was shining away super bright over to the west. Quite a few normal satellites criss-crossing overhead - I must live on the M4/M25 crossroads as there are quite a lot going over my house!
and then, just for a treat, there are these little beauties who zoom overhead making a great scene:
https://findstarlink.com/
If someone hasn't heard of them, or even know about them - that's quite a lot of people, to be fair, then it's a great wind up (in the current climate), that the Aliens are driving in single file and making their way over to London, oh look.... there they go.... :-D
You can select to see where they are in real-time, or see the Visible Times and you can plan when to go out into the garden. have fun!
UPDATE: Found a great website that shows you all satellites in 3D from where you are. CHECK IT OUT:
https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/
So, for my best chance of seeing Starlink, I shouldn't actually go in the back garden, but cross my road and go into the BIG empty field that has a gradient going downwards to the river Avon and I'll have a great clear view from west to east to see LOADS of those going along in a trail. awesome!
Sigh: this is what happens when you've watched everything on Netflix, have fixed all your cars, have done all the gardening, are awaiting on spare electrical parts to arrive to do other projects....yep, you go outside and look into space. Why haven't we been doing this before?! :-)
Last night, Venus was shining away super bright over to the west. Quite a few normal satellites criss-crossing overhead - I must live on the M4/M25 crossroads as there are quite a lot going over my house!
and then, just for a treat, there are these little beauties who zoom overhead making a great scene:
https://findstarlink.com/
If someone hasn't heard of them, or even know about them - that's quite a lot of people, to be fair, then it's a great wind up (in the current climate), that the Aliens are driving in single file and making their way over to London, oh look.... there they go.... :-D
You can select to see where they are in real-time, or see the Visible Times and you can plan when to go out into the garden. have fun!
UPDATE: Found a great website that shows you all satellites in 3D from where you are. CHECK IT OUT:
https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/
So, for my best chance of seeing Starlink, I shouldn't actually go in the back garden, but cross my road and go into the BIG empty field that has a gradient going downwards to the river Avon and I'll have a great clear view from west to east to see LOADS of those going along in a trail. awesome!
Sigh: this is what happens when you've watched everything on Netflix, have fixed all your cars, have done all the gardening, are awaiting on spare electrical parts to arrive to do other projects....yep, you go outside and look into space. Why haven't we been doing this before?! :-)
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