Sun 25 Oct, 03:58
67° high at best — high and unmistakable — a steady white point moving faster than any aircraft, with no blinking lights.
Appears in the SW, disappears in the E.
Above the horizon for about 7 minutes.
ISS passes over Essen: when to see the space station
8 visible passes of the International Space Station over Essen, Germany in the next 7 days — the next one Sun 25 Oct, 03:58 local, rising in the SW and reaching 67° above the horizon.
Computed here from the current NORAD two-line element set with SGP4 — not a copied table. Only passes that are genuinely visible are listed: the station must be sunlit while your sky is already dark, and climb at least 10° above the horizon. Times are local to Essen.
The A3 chart of this sky draws these passes on the disc — $4.99
Sun 25 Oct, 05:35
84° high at best — almost straight overhead, and as bright as Venus: impossible to miss if the sky is clear.
Appears in the W, disappears in the E.
Above the horizon for about 7 minutes.
Mon 26 Oct, 04:47
84° high at best — almost straight overhead, and as bright as Venus: impossible to miss if the sky is clear.
Appears in the W, disappears in the E.
Above the horizon for about 7 minutes.
Mon 26 Oct, 06:24
64° high at best — high and unmistakable — a steady white point moving faster than any aircraft, with no blinking lights.
Appears in the W, disappears in the SE.
Above the horizon for about 7 minutes.
Tue 27 Oct, 04:00
89° high at best — almost straight overhead, and as bright as Venus: impossible to miss if the sky is clear.
Appears in the W, disappears in the E.
Above the horizon for about 7 minutes.
Tue 27 Oct, 05:36
77° high at best — almost straight overhead, and as bright as Venus: impossible to miss if the sky is clear.
Appears in the W, disappears in the E.
Above the horizon for about 7 minutes.
Wed 28 Oct, 04:49
85° high at best — almost straight overhead, and as bright as Venus: impossible to miss if the sky is clear.
Appears in the W, disappears in the E.
Above the horizon for about 7 minutes.
Wed 28 Oct, 06:26
37° high at best — comfortably clear of rooftops, but look early: it climbs from the W and does not wait.
Appears in the W, disappears in the SE.
Above the horizon for about 6 minutes.
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The sky over Essen
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