International Space Station briefly visible in the skies tomorrow morning

As a bonus thrill in addition to those who are catching the alignment of planets this weekend, the Science Centre Observatory (SCOB) mentioned that stargazers will be able to see the International Space Station too. 

According to SCOB, the space station will be visible very briefly tomorrow morning, from 6.02am to 6.05am — it’ll be a very bright point of light skimming just below Venus. 

You gotta get your time accurate though, considering it’ll only be visible for three minutes. “Hence it’s important to have a synchronised watch to get the timing right,” SCOB wrote on their Facebook page. You can calibrate your watches against a GPS unit, or via online clocks.” 

 

Hopefully by now most of you would have spotted Venus and Jupiter. Here are the planet finder charts for this weekend,…

Posted by SCOB – Science Centre OBservatory on Thursday, 28 January 2016

 




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