The inhabitants of some regions of Russia in February will be able to see with the naked eye flight International komicheskoi station (ISS). It is reported TASS with reference to the Moscow planetarium.
"From 3 to 15 February, will last for the period of evening visibility of the ISS over Moscow and the Central regions of Russia. The international space station can be seen by the naked eye after 18:00 (MSK) as a bright fast moving star," said the planetarium staff.
The ISS will appear almost as bright as Jupiter or Venus. Visible from Earth, it will be because of coincidence of several factors: the station will be illuminated by the Sun and at a certain point in the trajectory will reflect his light like the Moon. The ISS always moves from West to East, making one revolution around the orbit in about 1.5 hours. It will be seen in Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-don, Samara, Chelyabinsk.
"During flight, you just need to look at the sky above the Western horizon. Station similar to bright fast moving star and radiant white, which as it entering the Earth's shadow may change into reddish-orange. By the way, at this point, the astronauts on Board will see the sunset," said the news Agency in the planetarium.
Translated by «Yandex.Translator»
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