No special equipment or optics required
In the coming weeks, Russians will be able to observe the International Space Station in the night sky with their own eyes. This was reported in the press service of the Museum of Cosmonautics.
The experts reported:
From July 1 to July 25, the International Space Station can be seen with the naked eye in the sky above Moscow and the Moscow Region.
The Museum noted that the station in the form of a bright dot will move from the southwest to the southeast for several minutes.
In Moscow it will be possible to observe the passage of the ISS
The press service also shared the ISS visibility schedule for Moscow (local time):
- July 1 – 2:42-2:46, maximum height 17°;
- July 2 – 1:54–1:57, maximum height 12°;
- July 3 – 2:39–2:45, highest altitude 26°;
- July 4 – 1:52-1:56, maximum height 20°;
- July 5 – 1:04–1:06 AM, 16° AM, 2:37–2:44 AM, 35° MT;
- July 6 – 1:16-0:17, maximum height 11°, 1:49-1:54, maximum height 30°;
- July 7 – 1:01–1:05 am, 24° AM, 2:35–2:42 AM, 41° MT;
- July 8 — 0:13–0:16 AM 19°, 1:46–1:53 AM 38° AM, 2325–23:26 AM 14°;
- July 9 – 0:57–1:03, maximum altitude 34°, 2:33–2:40, maximum altitude 39°;
- July 10 — 00:08–0:14 AM 28°, 1:44–1:50 AM 41°, 2319–23:25 AM 23°;
- July 11 – 0:55–1:02, maximum altitude 40°, 2:31–2:37, maximum altitude 32°;
- July 12 – 00:06–0:12 AM 37°, 1:42–1:48 AM 36°, 2316–23:22 AM 32°;
- July 13 – 0:53–0:59, maximum altitude 40°, 2:29–2:35, maximum altitude 22°;
- July 14 — 00:03–0:10 AM 41°, 1:40–1:46 AM 28° AM, 2314–23:20 AM 39°;
- July 15 – 0:50–0:56 AM 33°, 2:27–2:31 AM 14° AM, 2224–22:31 AM 36° AM;
- July 16 – 00:01–0:07 AM 38°, 1:37–1:40 AM 18° AM, 2311–23:18 AM 40°;
- July 17 — 0:48–0:51 AM 24°, 22:21–22:28 AM 41°, 2358–0:02 AM 29° AM;
- July 18 – 23:08–23:14, maximum height 35°;
- July 19 — 0:45–0:47 AM 14°, 22:19–22:25 AM 39°, 2355–23:58 AM 20°;
- July 20 – 23:05–23:10, maximum height 26°;
- July 21 – 22:16–22:22, maximum altitude 31°, 23:53–23:54, maximum altitude 12°;
- July 22 – 23:03–23:06, maximum height 17°;
- July 23 – 22:13–22:18, maximum height 22°;
- July 25 – 22:10–22:13, maximum height 14°.
Station commander Sergei Prokopiev, cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio, as well as Sultan Al-Neyadi, Warren Hoburg and Stephen Bowen are currently on board the ISS.
