The International Space Station bright and easy to spot tonight in Perth

Look up tonight Perth, if the sky is clear as forecast, 2-million people should be able to see the famous International Space Station fly over the city at 8.19pm.

The ISS has been circling the Earth for nearly two decades, but only rarely does the ISS pass over Perth at such a convenient time for space watchers and so bright to see with the naked eye.

When, where and what are we looking at?

ISS Perth flyover details

Date: Thursday Feb 23

Time: 8:19 PM

Visibel for: 5 min

Where to look in sky: Appears from 84° 11° above NW, moves to 28° above SE.

Brightness: Magnitude 3.3 (pretty bright)

What to look for: The Space Station will move fairly fast from the north-west to the south-east right over the city. It should be dark enough to spot it, just keep away from lights and keep your eyes peeled!


Update : See it this weekend as well : ISS over Perth

Italian space enthusiast Ingnazio Magnani informed us earlier today of the pass over.

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What it looks like from the ISS while it passes over Perth. Photo from NASA taken by Astronauts in the ISS.

Nervous and Exciting time for NASA!

The Perth ISS fly-over comes at an exciting and nervous time for the International Space Station mission.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is set to rendezvous with the ISS around the same time as it passes over, with the first meeting between the cargo craft and station aborted on Wednesday. Billionaire space entrepreneur Elon Musk SpaceX’s Dragon had to halt it’s mission due to a navigational error. As they try again, it’ll be right over our city!


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