With a good pair of binoculars is it possible to see space station?

12 Comments

1. James says:

   February 27, 2010 at 10:13 am

   hmm im not sure but with smaller binoculur zoom i saw the craters on the moon so mabye
2. cdn_mclovin says:

   February 27, 2010 at 11:00 am

   You can see it even without binoculars.
3. bikenbeer2000 says:

   February 27, 2010 at 11:37 am

   Yes, I’ve looked at the Space Station through only a pair of 10 x 50 binoculars and it is definitely noticeable as not being a point of light like a star but has a definite shape. I though it looked vaguely like a letter T. It’s very bright and there is a lot of glare, so I’ve been meaning to try this in twilight to see if there’s a better view. As for other satellites, I can’t say I’ve ever seen any detail.
4. thehumanbeagle says:

   February 27, 2010 at 11:54 am

   You won’t see minute details, but you can see it as a small bright dot in the night sky with the naked eye if you have 20/20 vision. You’d have to use a telescope with a higher power, but good luck locking on to an object traveling 17,000 mph at an altitude of 200 miles up.
5. Tina L says:

   February 27, 2010 at 12:18 pm

   non-stellar, yes.

   detail, no.
6. xyzpdqfoo says:

   February 27, 2010 at 1:02 pm

   I doubt you can see any kind of recognizable shape unless you happen to catch it passing in front of the moon.

   Cool pictures:
   http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0610/ISSLunarTransit_morana_f.jpg
   http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0609/iss_shuttle_legault_f.jpg
7. Chandramohan P.R says:

   February 27, 2010 at 1:42 pm

   ISS is visible to naked eye.But you must know when it make a passage in your area.You may get this information NASA /JPL wesite.Space station is now a big object about the size of 5 school buses+Its solar panels.
8. agent509 says:

   February 27, 2010 at 2:15 pm

   i live in texas and at one point when the ss passed over us we could see a tiny white dot with the bare eye and see it quite good with a good pair of binocculars. so if you have a lucky oppertunity like i did yes it is quite possible
9. classic says:

   March 4, 2010 at 9:15 am

   for most cars you go to the station you want and then hold down the number you want it set to for a couple seconds. it will usually beep or play the station to let you know that is has been set
10. handen felberg says:

    March 7, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    Joe's new pandora station is playing an awful lot of truly BAD choral music. Bad to good ratio is probably 4:1.
11. ando balington says:

    March 16, 2010 at 2:17 am

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