SATELLITE TRANSIT FINDER

ISS and satellite transits near Buenos Aires

The next good transit near Buenos Aires is the Tiangong crossing the Sun on Sat 10 Oct at 13:16:15.8 GMT-3 (16:16:15.8 UTC). Its centreline passes 136 km NE of central Buenos Aires, and the strip is 4.4 km wide. It is 62° up in the NNW and the crossing lasts 0.61 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

DATEBUENOS AIRES TIMESATELLITECROSSESTO CENTRELINEHEIGHTQUALITYSTATUS
Fri 9 Oct14:14:58.8TiangongMoon125 km45° NWPoor 0 (hidden: the Moon is only 1% lit)LIKELY
Fri 9 Oct16:34:15.7EnvisatMoon159 km20° WPoor 0 (hidden: the Moon is only 1% lit)LIKELY
Sat 10 Oct13:16:15.8TiangongSun136 km62° NNWExcellent 80LIKELY
Sat 10 Oct15:55:44.9EnvisatMoon125 km38° WNWPoor 0 (hidden: the Moon is only 0% lit)LIKELY
Sat 10 Oct15:55:55.5EnvisatSun127 km36° WNWFair 32LIKELY
Sun 11 Oct18:44:08.0TiangongMoon91 km18° WPoor 0 (hidden: the Moon is only 2% lit)LIKELY
Tue 13 Oct11:55:45.9TiangongSun40 km62° NNEExcellent 80PROVISIONAL
Tue 13 Oct11:56:27.9TiangongMoon76 km51° EPoor 7 (hidden: the Moon is only 9% lit)PROVISIONAL
Tue 13 Oct18:21:28.1TiangongSun80 km8° WPoor 0 (hidden: only 8° above the horizon)PROVISIONAL
Thu 15 Oct16:04:35.1EnvisatSun65 km37° WNWFair 32PROVISIONAL
Thu 15 Oct16:25:52.6TiangongMoon77 km82° NNEFair 36PROVISIONAL
Thu 15 Oct17:40:58.0ISSMoon5.6 km75° WNWFair 44PROVISIONAL
Fri 16 Oct10:34:57.5TiangongSun49 km51° NEExcellent 76PROVISIONAL
Fri 16 Oct18:27:28.0ISSSun49 km8° WPoor 0 (hidden: only 8° above the horizon)PROVISIONAL
Sat 17 Oct16:03:03.8TiangongSun30 km37° WNWGood 56PROVISIONAL
Sat 17 Oct17:40:28.8ISSSun136 km18° WFair 25PROVISIONAL
Sun 18 Oct16:53:26.5ISSSuninside27° WFair 49PROVISIONAL
Mon 19 Oct09:13:53.5TiangongSun141 km37° ENEGood 55PROVISIONAL

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

Where Saturday’s transit can be seen

Buenos AiresStrip of the Tiangong transit, Sat 10 Oct 13:16:16 GMT-3 at the nearest point
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    Questions about transits in Buenos Aires

    When is the next ISS transit in Buenos Aires?

    The next good transit near Buenos Aires is the Tiangong crossing the Sun on Sat 10 Oct at 13:16:15.8 GMT-3 (16:16:15.8 UTC). Its centreline passes 136 km NE of central Buenos Aires, and the strip is 4.4 km wide. It is 62° up in the NNW and the crossing lasts 0.61 s.

    Do I need to travel to see one from Buenos Aires?

    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 136 km from central Buenos Aires, so the strip's edge is 133 km away.

    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.