A very bright International Space Station will pass over Perth and South-West Western Australia tonight just after 6pm. <\/p>\n
If you look up and the sky is clear as forecast, Perths 2 million inhabitants will be able to view the ISS for around 6-minutes, as it passes from north-west to south-est. <\/p>\n
If you look up around 6.04pm youll see it appear to the north-west of the city, as it travels over the Indian Ocean. <\/p>\n
By 6.07pm the ISS will be directly over Perth city, with a -3.2 magnitude brightness, meaning the Space Station will be quite clearly visible. <\/p>\n
The ISS has been circling our planet for nearly 20-years, but rarely does it pass right over the city at such a convenient time for us. <\/p>\n
We were alerted to the Passover by Space enthusiast Ingnazio Magnani, who is often confused by media as an actual ISS astronaut. <\/p>\n
When, where and what are we looking at? <\/p>\n
Look up at 6.04pm (maybe go outside a few minutes earlier to adjust your eyes) <\/p>\n
Look about 10 degrees above the horizon to the north-west, itll appear to be moving at speed toward Perth, flying over about 50km to the north-east of the Perth CBD at 6.07pm, at 75 degrees above the horizon. <\/p>\n
The Passover should be visible right up to 6.10pm as the ISS moves to the SE. <\/p>\n
Live Video: ISS over the Earth HD Video Viewing Experiment <\/p>\n
Perth from Space <\/p>\n
What Perth looks like from the ISS while it passes over Perth. Photo from NASA taken by Astronauts in the ISS. Western Australia as seen from Space <\/p>\n
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