At what time and how we get to know him

there evening today , Monday, July 10, 2023the International Space Station (iss) will give a view to all those who will be able to observe the sky fromItaly. In fact, the orbiting laboratory will conduct a long, exciting flyby over Ben visible to the naked eye of all that long shoes (weather permitting). The clip will start exactly at 10:21 p.m Italian time (20:21 Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) and will end at around 22:28. Here’s everything you need to know so you don’t miss out on homage to humanity’s greatest and most advanced “interstellar” pioneer.

First, to accurately calculate the trajectory in the sky of the International Space Station can be consulted to the Heavens-Above specialized portal. Indeed, thanks to it, it is possible to get the position in real time from various satellites, space stations – such as China’s Tiangong – and probes (as well as some bodies in the solar system) based on their geographical location. The platform allows you to enter a file location at will from the ground (also through a handy map) and shows the visibility of the desired object from that exact location. After the calculation, detailed information on the days and times of the passages is obtained, but the most interesting and complete element is definitely Celestial mapwhich shows the curve drawn in the sky of the selected object.

As far as the International Space Station is concerned, it will peeking oversouthwest horizon It is 22:21 and will “dissolve” around 22:30 in the northeastern region. while galloping on sky It will cross the constellations of Libra, Scorpio (just touched), Ophiuchus, Aquila and Pegasus. To spot them with the naked eye, you need a little practice, but those who are used to examining the night sky will not have much trouble recognizing them. Indeed, the International Space Station (ISS) has a brightness comparable to a star, but unlike the stars that surround it, fixed in the sky, it actively moves through the constellations in an apparently straight line. It appears as a quick but clearly visible bright spot.

We remember the International Space Station hurtling at an astonishing 7.66 kilometers per second (28,000 kilometers per hour top speed) above our heads, at an altitude of about 400 kilometers. It is expected to be decommissioned by 2030, although operations at the moment should officially end by 2028. RussiaAfter the contradictions that arose after the invasion of Ukraine, I finally decided to continue working on the International Space Station until this date. The cosmonauts currently hosted on the International Space Station are the Russians Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov. The Americans; Thomas Marchburn; Kayla Baron Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Germany’s Matthias Maurer.