iss dims to nothing due to the further east it travels the further away from the sun it gets,its only visable due to reflected sunlight and curvature of the earth etc etc

the space shuttle discovery is also visible

that was it then it dimmed when it lost the suns reflection,also saw 2 sattelites tonight,patrick moore as a replacement for doug hoyle anyone?

I forgot AGAIN!!!

LOL. It came from the west irrespective of our differing vantage points unless you live on one of the earths magnetic poles. Thats why NASA can be precise on its approach and departure angles.

*Not to scale.

Thought so. We had this same arguement with Kloe didnt we?



Foz

if you live in different parts of the world the viewing angle will be different there are users on here from different parts of the globe

so my south is different south to vernon wire's south?

no my point is some people cannot tell their left from their right if you look due south east is on your left this was meant to be a thread on the spacestation not an arguement on left and right east or west

Totally agree, but said users from different parts of the globe would'nt see the space station when we did. ie) location of the observer is implied by the sighting parameters. Clearly someone in China could not have seen the ISS when we did. The observations were based on NASA's data for its appearance over the NW of England (or Manchester to be precise). Latitudes are always parallel, longitudes converge at the poles. Left and right has little to do with either. I'd give in

correct but there are one or two jimmy crickets on here

Technically yes, fractionally, assuming both yourself and Vernon Wire have differing meridians which is exacerbated with proximity to the magnetic poles.



Consider the instance where you are stood at the Magnetic North pole, you can walk south 1 mile, east 1 mile, north 1 mile and arrive at the same point as you started.

Foz