SATELLITE TRANSIT FINDER

ISS and satellite transits near Melbourne

The next good transit near Melbourne is the Tiangong crossing the Sun on Sat 10 Oct at 15:02:10.1 GMT+11 (04:02:10.1 UTC). Its centreline passes 129 km S of central Melbourne, and the strip is 5.1 km wide. It is 49° up in the NW and the crossing lasts 0.80 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

DATEMELBOURNE TIMESATELLITECROSSESTO CENTRELINEHEIGHTQUALITYSTATUS
Sat 10 Oct15:02:00.0TiangongMoon93 km45° NWPoor 0 (hidden: the Moon is only 0% lit)LIKELY
Sat 10 Oct15:02:10.1TiangongSun129 km49° NWExcellent 74LIKELY
Sat 10 Oct16:34:11.0EnvisatSuninside34° WNWFair 29LIKELY
Sun 11 Oct14:03:09.6TiangongSun112 km57° NNWExcellent 78LIKELY
Sun 11 Oct14:03:17.1TiangongMoon141 km64° NNWPoor 0 (hidden: the Moon is only 0% lit)LIKELY
Sun 11 Oct18:52:31.7TiangongMoon107 km15° WPoor 0 (hidden: only 15° above the horizon)LIKELY
Tue 13 Oct18:30:28.3TiangongSun18 km12° WPoor 6 (hidden: only 12° above the horizon)PROVISIONAL
Wed 14 Oct12:42:38.5TiangongSun29 km60° NNEExcellent 79PROVISIONAL
Wed 14 Oct12:43:25.9TiangongMoon90 km51° EPoor 11 (hidden: a low quality score)PROVISIONAL
Wed 14 Oct17:33:29.5TiangongMoon150 km65° WNWPoor 14 (hidden: a low quality score)PROVISIONAL
Thu 15 Oct16:34:35.3TiangongMoon60 km79° NFair 28PROVISIONAL
Fri 16 Oct12:22:25.7TiangongMoon88 km28° ESEPoor 19 (hidden: a low quality score)PROVISIONAL
Sat 17 Oct11:21:47.9TiangongSun42 km53° NEExcellent 76PROVISIONAL
Sat 17 Oct16:11:54.9TiangongSun38 km39° WNWGood 60PROVISIONAL
Sat 17 Oct17:45:43.0ISSMoon17 km77° NNEExcellent 71PROVISIONAL
Sun 18 Oct16:27:58.6EnvisatSun113 km36° WNWFair 31PROVISIONAL
Mon 19 Oct17:45:00.3ISSSun145 km22° WFair 37PROVISIONAL
Tue 20 Oct00:16:41.1ISSMoon97 km32° WGood 62PROVISIONAL

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 Melbourne time to a tenth of a second; distances are to the centreline of the strip from central Melbourne.

Where Saturday’s transit can be seen

MelbourneStrip of the Tiangong transit, Sat 10 Oct 15:02:10 GMT+11 at the nearest point
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    Questions about transits in Melbourne

    When is the next ISS transit in Melbourne?

    The next good transit near Melbourne is the Tiangong crossing the Sun on Sat 10 Oct at 15:02:10.1 GMT+11 (04:02:10.1 UTC). Its centreline passes 129 km S of central Melbourne, and the strip is 5.1 km wide. It is 49° up in the NW and the crossing lasts 0.80 s.

    Do I need to travel to see one from Melbourne?

    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 129 km from central Melbourne, so the strip's edge is 127 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.