Use the form below to search for satellites which will fly over your location.
Satellites visible tonight in ireland.
The stars in october 2020.
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.
The map also shows the phases of the moon and all solar and lunar eclipses.
There will be around 30 or more satellites passing over in a 20 minute period.
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.
To show pre dawn passes select the day before and then scroll down to the bottom of that night s passes.
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.
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.
Use it to locate a planet the moon or the sun and track their movements across the sky.
122 12 w live world map of satellite positions.
These 60 satellites initially fly in a chain formation but over time they spread out and move to their own orbits.
Pass time over ireland.
We also have a map of the night sky set up for mid latitudes in the southern hemisphere.
By default satellites are only shown if they reach a maximum brightness of 4th magnitude.
Beta the interactive night sky map simulates the sky above belfast on a date of your choice.
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.
For countries in the northern hemisphere the nights continue to lengthen with more hours of darkness in which to enjoy the stars.
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.