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Started by Matthew, July 24, 2011, 03:42:04 PM

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spartan00117

Seen the lights myself on Donard when out star gazing, awesome night and a red moon.
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whoRya

Quote from: Big E on August 25, 2011, 10:34:37 AM
Did anyone go for a night hike up Donard. I was bivving on the top of Bernagh and could see lights coming down Donard at about 11 or so. It was a good night for some star gazing, seen the space station, a satellite and a shooting star. :)

How can you tell what is the space station and what is a satellite?  The last time I was out looking at the sky there was something with lights that seemed to streak across the sky, it seemed every 20 minutes or so.  It wasn't Christmas Eve that I was out ;)
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Eamonn

Quote from: whoRya on August 26, 2011, 08:56:38 AM
How can you tell what is the space station and what is a satellite?  The last time I was out looking at the sky there was something with lights that seemed to streak across the sky, it seemed every 20 minutes or so.  It wasn't Christmas Eve that I was out ;)

The space station is like a super bright star moving across the sky. Normal satellites aren't that bright.