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  1. Looking up at those looking down

    Now that we are getting closer to summer, the nights are getting much lighter.  At least here in Scotland they are.  It doesn’t make observing impossible, just a wee bit harder to see fainter objects and you have to stay up very, very late.  So what to do?

    Well, last night I watched a very bright object overhead - the International Space Station (ISS).  It’s a fun thing to do and it is amazing to think that there are people up there looking down on us.  It is quite a feat of engineering.  Anyway, to find out when you can see the ISS passing, go to Heavens Above, enter your location and it will show you the predictions of when it will pass for the next 10 days.  There’s loads of other great info on there about satellites, comets and minor planets.  And once you have had a look at it passing overhead, you can go to the mission page at NASA and see who has just flown over you!

    One of the best known astronauts up there just now is Soichi Noguchi, a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut.  He has been taking lots of photographs from the ISS and posting them on Twitter.  You can follow him or just look at the incredible pictures he has taken.

    I hope you get some clear skies to see it over the next few nights.

    theASG