Sun 25 Oct, 21:34
50° 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 NE.
Above the horizon for about 6 minutes.
ISS passes over Queenstown: when to see the space station
3 visible passes of the International Space Station over Queenstown, New Zealand in the next 7 days — the next one Sun 25 Oct, 21:34 local, rising in the W and reaching 50° 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 Queenstown.
The A3 chart of this sky draws these passes on the disc — $4.99
Mon 26 Oct, 22:25
12° high at best — a low pass, so you need an open horizon towards the W with no buildings or trees in the way.
Appears in the W, disappears in the NW.
Above the horizon for about 3 minutes.
Tue 27 Oct, 21:37
20° high at best — a low pass, so you need an open horizon towards the W with no buildings or trees in the way.
Appears in the W, disappears in the N.
Above the horizon for about 5 minutes.
Put your own sky on the wall
Firmament prints the real sky over any place and moment as an A3 star chart — and it is the only one that draws these ISS tracks on the disc, so the poster shows the station crossing your own sky.
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The sky over Queenstown
What to see over Queenstown tonight · tonight's stars — 500 cities in the full list.
ISS over nearby cities
- ISS over Christchurch
- ISS over Wellington
- ISS over Auckland
- ISS over Hobart
- ISS over Wollongong
- ISS over Sydney