the star of bethlehem - space station

[mikeysaling]

Christmas day the iss from here - so not a lot of difference if you are in the south of england

between 1804 and 1808 (6.04 evening) coming from west towards south almost right above london 87 degrees - magnitude -3.5 really bright that is .

get out side at about 6pm with the grandkids and bring the star of wonder to life !! look west and at 3 or 4 mins you will see the star rise and get brighter!!

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If you live above the track the iss will be lower in the sky (remember its going almost over the top of london and v slightly lower altitude and to the south than where i am) . If you live below the track it will lower altitude but to the north .

Enjoy this unique christmas pass of the ISS

[mikeysaling]

I just read the following so you may see another craft in orbit

12.21.11 - NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands launched to the International Space Station aboard their Soyuz TMA-03M craft at 7:16 a.m. CST Wednesday, Dec. 21 (7:16 p.m. local time), from Kazakhstan.
Station Crew Set To Launch To A New Home For The Holidays
12.19.11 - Just in time for the holidays, the residents of the International Space Station will welcome three new crew members.