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08/02/2022

The International Space Station plans to retire in 2031 by crashing down onto Earth surface. The International Space Station will continue its operation until 2030 and then crash into an uninhabited area in the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo, NASA announced.

**PLEASE SHARE**Heads up tonight folks its to be nice and clear this evening and you will be in for a treat and see the ...
19/07/2021

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Heads up tonight folks its to be nice and clear this evening and you will be in for a treat and see the International space station flyover Belfast later tonight here are the details below.. It will appear from the West and make its way East..

Date:Mon Jul 19, 11:35 PM
Visible: 7 min
Max Height: 51°
Appears: 10° above WSW
Disappears: 10° above ESE

10/06/2021

Something to watch out for this morning. A partial solar eclipse will take place over ireland tomorrow morning beginning at 10:03am and ending at 12:25pm. 🌒🌓🌙🌘🌗

ISS (International space station) will pass over Belfast this evening @6:33pm fingers crossed we still have clear skies ...
25/01/2021

ISS (International space station) will pass over Belfast this evening @6:33pm fingers crossed we still have clear skies tonight.

Date: Mon Jan 25, 6:33 PM
Visible: 3 min
Max Height: 39°
Appears: 20° above SW
Disappears: 28° above ESE

24/12/2020

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL.
FROM BELFAST SKT AT NIGHT 🎅

Ok folks for anyone wanting to show thier kids santas sleigh (iss).There will be a few opportunities on Christmas eve mo...
23/12/2020

Ok folks for anyone wanting to show thier kids santas sleigh (iss).There will be a few opportunities on Christmas eve morning & Christmas morning all are AM passovers. Here are the times and directions below...
The iss passover @7:50am will be the best one to see on Christmas eve.

Merry Christmas to you all 🎅🦌

Date: Thu Dec 24, 6:15 AM
Visible: 3 min
Max Height: 21°
Appears: 12° above SSW
Disappears: 18° above SE

Date: Thu Dec 24, 7:50 AM
Visible: 4 min
Max Height: 45°
Appears: 10° above WSW
Disappears: 37° above SE

Date: Fri Dec 25, 7:03 AM
Visible: 4 min
Max Height: 39°
Appears: 10° above SW
Disappears: 33° above SE

Return of the star that guided three wise men to Bethlehem? How you can see the first alignment Jupiter and Saturn in 80...
20/12/2020

Return of the star that guided three wise men to Bethlehem? How you can see the first alignment Jupiter and Saturn in 800 YEARS - the phenomenon that is believed to feature in Bible... On Monday evening just after sunset on 21st December 2020.

Jupiter and Saturn are set to align over Belfast skies for the first time in 800 years in a phenomenon dubbed the 'Star of Bethlehem'.

Both gas giants, they have been gradually getting closer to one another since the start of summer And, on December 21, the planets will appear to virtually overlap in the sky in a phenomenon not seen since the Middle Ages.The conjunction will cause a beaming bright light - leading many to liken it to the Star of Bethlehem.

German astronomer, Johannes Kepler, wrote in 1614 that he believed the 'star of Bethlehem' in the Nativity story could have been a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.

The star guided the three wise men to meet baby Jesus.

Others have suggested that the 'three wise men' could have been following a triple conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn and Venus.

While Venus won't be visible as part of the 2020 conjunction, it will still be an impressive astronomical site, best viewed on the equator but seen worldwide.

At their closest position, Jupiter and Saturn will appear less than a full moon's width apart in an incredible occurrence not set to be repeated until 2080.

The convergence - which actually puts the planets 500million miles apart - will appear closer and closer to the horizon as it gets darker until it will disappear from view completely by around 6.20pm.

The next such conjunction of the two bodies after that will not be until sometime after the year 2400.

'On the evening of closest approach on Dec 21 they will look like a double planet, separated by only 1/5th the diameter of the full moon,' Professor Hartigan added.

'For most telescope viewers, each planet and several of their largest moons will be visible in the same field of view that evening.'

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