#spotthestation

[cantankerouscatfish]

got home, got out of the car, and looked up to see a bright satellite moving across the sky. the only thing that bright is the space station. stood there and watched it until it went behind a house.

then went inside and looked at spotthestation, and yep that was it lmao.

[nasa]

What’s That in the Night Sky?

The night sky has really been showing off lately. During the past week, we’ve had the chance to see some amazing sights by simply just looking up!

On Wednesday, Dec. 29, we were greeted by a flyby of the International Space Station over much of the east coast.

When the space station flies overhead, it’s usually easy to spot because it’s the third brightest object in the night sky. You can even enter your location into THIS website and get a list of dates/times when it will be flying over you!

One of our NASA Headquarters Photographers ventured to the Washington National Cathedral to capture the pass in action.

Then, on Saturday, Dec. 2, just one day before the peak of this month’s supermoon, the space station was seen passing in front of the Moon. 

Captured by another NASA HQ Photographer, this composite image shows the space station, with a crew of six onboard, as its silhouette transits the Moon at roughly five miles per second.

Here’s an animated version of the transit.

To top off all of this night sky greatness, are these beautiful images of the Dec. 3 supermoon. This marked the first of three consecutive supermoons taking the celestial stage. The two others will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018.

A supermoon occurs when the moon’s orbit is closest to Earth at the same time that it is full.

Are you this pilot? An aircraft taking off from Ronald Reagan National Airport is seen passing in front of the Moon as it rose on Sunday.

Learn more about the upcoming supermoons: 

To learn more about what you can expect to spot in the sky this month, visit: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/12/04/whats-up-december-2017

Discover when the International Space Station will be visible over your area by visiting: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/

Learn more about our Moon at: https://moon.nasa.gov/

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.   

[startalkradio]

Photo by StarTalk listener Michael Seeley: "I got to wave "good morning" to the International Space Station and its crew of six (including Scott D. Tingle and Joe Acaba) at 6am December 27, seen here flying over the Space Coast of Florida in a single, 191-second exposure." Details: ISO500, f5.6 and 191-second exposure, shot with a Rokinon 12mm fish-eye on a Canon 5D4 (full-frame) camera. High resolution: https://flic.kr/p/21QYW2N #STRPoW #SpotTheStation #ISS

[timmpowell]

The international space station jet’s across the sky over Joelton , Tennessee. #ISS #spotthestation #space #lookuptothesky (at Cheatham County, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDgQ3bmDsUq/?igshid=xase36dr9sww

[kellyschwark]

Best #SpotTheStation pass I've seen in a while. Did you know that you can receive updates on when the Internationa Space Station will be passing? @NASA can set you up. (Do a quick #spotthestation search to sign up.) #spacegeek #iss #internationalspacestation #isspass #lookup #nightssky https://www.instagram.com/p/Bto4nXRgwMT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t13ho22uo3sc

[gypseywanderer]

#Repost ・・・ ISS Solar Transit: April 17, 2017 Unfortunately, I'm not able to attend the launch by United Launch Alliance (for Orbital ATK) of the CRS-7 Cygnus capsule (named after the great John Glenn) tomorrow, but at just under 24 hours before the launch, I was able to see where the capsule is headed, from a distance of 452 km. May I present the International Space Station, transiting the face of the Sun, seen from downtown Melbourne (just 5 minutes from my office!) and the Space Coast of Florida at 11:46 am (ET). Thanks again to transit-finder.com for another accurate prediction. The transit began at 11:46:40 and lasted a mere .57 seconds. At the time of transit, the ISS was 452 km away from my viewing location. With another nod to Elliot Severn, this image was created by extracting 17 frames from a 4K video (I may post it later), shot at 29 frames per second with an EF100-400mm lens and a 2x converter. Shooting directly into the sun is serious business, so I was using two ND filters (a 10-stop and a 3-stop), and the camera was set at ISO100, 1/3200 and f16. The images were processed in Lightroom, combined in Photoshop using the "darken" mode and then finished (again) in Lightroom with a modest amount of "detail extraction" applied in Color Efex4 as a final touch. #SpotTheStation #iss #transit #isswave #instagram #instahub #instahot #pictureoftheday #photography #photographer #photooftoday #photooftheday #florida #crs7 #cygnus #webstagram #latergram #love #beautiful #nasa #astronauts #internationalspacestation

[kuiperkat]

Quick snap of the #Moon and @iss as it zooms over #NYC at average speeds of 17,500 mph! #spotthestation #internationalspacestation #iss #kuiperkatsastronomy #solarsystemambassador (at New York, New York)

[bigmarcus3000]

Regrann from @joe_likemyshid_montana - Congrats. . Dats Right Bro DC to Hollywood Let’s Go ‼️✅ @willcasanovadc 🙏🏽💪🏽 #KeepPushing U Got Dis 😎💯 - #regrann #nasa #space #spacestation #spotthestation #washington #washingtondc #dc #cathedral #nationalcathedral #pass #flyby #overhead #picoftheday #astronauts #fioladc #scallops #scallop #risotto #langoustine #presidenttrump #trump #maga #trumptrain #patriot #america #whitehouse #merica #murica #winning #2a

[sunlightcloud]

https://www.facebook.com/0091SSS/ #0091sss #ISS #SpotTheStation #NASA #chennai (at Marina Beach)

[mseeley1]

My contribution to the International Space Station / Lunar transit visible from the Space Coast tonight serves as a reminder that I really need a more solid tripod for these types of shoots. The station should be in a perfectly straight line as it transited the face of the moon, but because of the stiff ocean breeze (and the fact that I was shooting at 800mm) the image jumps around a fair amount. This was shot from Cocoa Beach, Florida, just south of NASA's Kennedy Space Center / Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The image is a composite of 19 frames shot at 29 frames per second. I extracted the images showing the ISS, did initial edits in Lightroom, created the composite in Photoshop, and then did final edits (again) in Lightroom, with a touch of "detail extractor" applied in Color Efex 4. I like the timing of this shot, as we near Yuri's Night (with many celebrations already having taken occurred Saturday night) and this is also the last night for Station Commander Robert S. Kimbrough, as he is scheduled to return home on Monday, in fact, as I type this, he is already in the Soyuz (along with Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko) capsule. (Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space) #florida #love #latergram #spotthestation #nasa #iss #moon #beautiful #photography #picoftheday #photooftheday #canon #igsg #instagram #instahot #bestoftheday #webstagram (at Cocoa Beach, Florida)

[davegreer]

ISS – 20170214 – 20:13:09

[spaceexp]

SpotTheStation - Melbourne, Florida

[myiphonephotos]

Tonight’s flyover #iss #spotthestation http://ift.tt/2pCEd4u

[islandbearphotography]

This is a photo of the full moon rising on the horizon and the international space station flying across the sky. #flkeys #floridakeys #keylargo #islamorada #tavernier #marathonkey #duckkey #grassykey #keycolonybeach #smathersbeach #keywest #stockisland #summerlandkey #sunmerland #sugarloaf #redlands #florida #everglades #floridacity #love_all_sky #staysaltyflorida #floridaexplored #floridanaturephotography #floridakeys #floridakeysfullmoon #fullmoon #supermoon #spotthestation #redmoon #pinkmoon (at Key Largo, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-6fN3HlwIH/?igshid=1ajp998hof8je

[thegirlinthecafe]

An astonishing image from our very own Chris Hooker. Last night he captured the #iss passing in front of the moon with his 10in Newtonian. The crater with the bright rim at botton is Werner. #spotthestation @Space_Station https://t.co/HrB08i2Oud pic.twitter.com/HwGf7HbLoA

— Newbury Astro Soc (@newburyastro) April 1, 2020

[dcculture]

RT @NASA: Getting outside during the long #MemorialDay weekend? Don’t forget to find out if the @Space_Station will be visible overhead! As the 3rd brightest object in the night sky, you can easily see it with the naked eye. Find out when you can #SpotTheStation: https://t.co/m67IIBvwKT https://t.co/eMzVab5tLK

Getting outside during the long #MemorialDay weekend? Don’t forget to find out if the @Space_Station will be visible overhead! As the 3rd brightest object in the night sky, you can easily see it with the naked eye. Find out when you can #SpotTheStation: https://t.co/m67IIBvwKT pic.twitter.com/eMzVab5tLK

— NASA (@NASA) May 25, 2019

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