These 60 satellites initially fly in a chain formation but over time they spread out and move to their own orbits.
Satellites visible tonight in ireland.
Guides to the night sky.
The older chains like starlink 1 2 3 etc have spread out and are no longer visible as a chain that s why this app doesn t include them anymore.
By default satellites are only shown if they reach a maximum brightness of 4th magnitude.
The stars in october 2020.
Beta the interactive night sky map simulates the sky above belfast on a date of your choice.
How can the satellites be visible again less than 2 hours after being seen.
Use it to locate a planet the moon or the sun and track their movements across the sky.
Click on the image above or the following text for an interactive map of constellations visible in the sky it can be adjusted for any time and date.
There will be around 30 or more satellites passing over in a 20 minute period.
While most satellites orbit at a height of around 1 000km above earth the starlink satellites orbit at a lower heigh of around 550km meaning they re regularly visible.
For countries in the northern hemisphere the nights continue to lengthen with more hours of darkness in which to enjoy the stars.
Use the form below to search for satellites which will fly over your location.
To show pre dawn passes select the day before and then scroll down to the bottom of that night s passes.
During october blue green uranus magnitude 5 7 will be visible all night long while it travels slowly westward in southwestern aries about 11 degrees south of aries brightest star hamal or.
We also have a map of the night sky set up for mid latitudes in the southern hemisphere.
A world map of the positions of satellites above the earth s surface and a planetarium view showing where they appear in the night sky.
The satellites will come into view from the from southwest and exit to the east they will come into view around 9 57 pm tonight monday 20th april 2020.
Pass time over ireland.
A train of spacex starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from a video captured by satellite tracker marco langbroek in leiden the netherlands on may 24 2019 just one day.
Results are shown starting from the evening of the selected date.