SATELLITE TRANSIT FINDER

ISS and satellite transits near Birmingham

The next good transit near Birmingham is the ISS crossing the Sun on Sat 10 Oct at 14:13:47.5 BST (13:13:47.5 UTC). Central Birmingham is inside its visible strip. It is 28° up in the SSW and the crossing lasts 0.77 s.

Orbit data age: ISS 0 h · Tiangong 27 h · Hubble 23 h · Envisat 19 h. Orbit data is checked every 10 minutes and a satellite’s paths are recomputed as soon as its orbit data changes. Last updated: .

Upcoming transits within 150 km

DATEUK TIMESATELLITECROSSESTO CENTRELINEHEIGHTQUALITYSTATUS
Sat 10 Oct14:13:44.4ISSMoon155 km23° SSWPoor 0 (hidden: the Moon is only 0% lit)CONFIRMED
Sat 10 Oct14:13:47.5ISSSuninside28° SSWGood 53CONFIRMED
Sun 11 Oct13:26:45.0ISSSun149 km29° SGood 53LIKELY
Mon 12 Oct15:39:52.2EnvisatSun53 km21° SWPoor 17 (hidden: a low quality score)LIKELY
Tue 13 Oct13:30:58.9ISSMoon117 km11° SSEPoor 0 (hidden: only 11° above the horizon)PROVISIONAL
Tue 13 Oct14:59:33.0EnvisatMoon110 km13° SPoor 1 (hidden: only 13° above the horizon)PROVISIONAL
Wed 14 Oct12:41:43.7ISSSun152 km30° SGood 58PROVISIONAL
Wed 14 Oct14:20:48.3EnvisatMoon139 km8° SSEPoor 0 (hidden: only 8° above the horizon)PROVISIONAL
Thu 15 Oct11:54:23.2ISSSun27 km27° SSEGood 50PROVISIONAL
Sat 17 Oct15:48:16.9EnvisatSun124 km18° SWPoor 14 (hidden: a low quality score)PROVISIONAL
Mon 19 Oct10:21:27.0ISSSun103 km20° SEFair 30PROVISIONAL

6 of these are hidden on the main finder by its quality filter (too low, a barely lit Moon, or a weak crossing). Times are Birmingham time to a tenth of a second; distances are to the centreline of the strip from central Birmingham.

Where Saturday’s transit can be seen

BirminghamStrip of the ISS transit, Sat 10 Oct 14:13:48 BST at the nearest point
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    Questions about transits in Birmingham

    When is the next ISS transit in Birmingham?

    The next good transit near Birmingham is the ISS crossing the Sun on Sat 10 Oct at 14:13:47.5 BST (13:13:47.5 UTC). Central Birmingham is inside its visible strip. It is 28° up in the SSW and the crossing lasts 0.77 s.

    Do I need to travel to see one from Birmingham?

    Usually a short way. The strip where a transit is visible is only a few to around 20 km wide, so it rarely crosses your own street. The next good one passes over central Birmingham itself.

    Can I see a transit without a telescope?

    The crossing lasts about a second and the station appears tiny, so a telescope or a long lens on a camera is needed to see its shape. Never look at the Sun without a certified ISO 12312-2 solar filter.