Space station/santa flying over Dulwich tonight .

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Does anyone know what direction it will be flying over Dulwich at 5.20pm tonight?

I am told the space station/Father Christmas will be very visible .

[Penguin68]

I think you need to look in the Southern sky

[damzel]

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-12-23/the-iss-or-santas-sleigh-a-clear-night-on-christmas-eve-means-ideal-conditions-for-star-gazing/

WSW to SE

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Thank you , compass will be at the ready !

[DulwichFox]

The ISS will be visible at 5.22pm across the UK, but for varying lengths of time and at slightly differing angles.

The further north you are, the closer to the horizon it will be.

Here is a guide on how long you will be able to see the ISS and where you can spot it in the sky (90 degrees is directly above you):

London: 4 minutes, at 45 degrees, 35 above WSW

DulwichFox

[KidKruger]

Looking at it right now.

[DulwichFox]

Just passed by.. Visible to the naked eye.

Tried to look through Binoculars but was not possible to keep it still and get focus.

Foxy

[Mariamadeit]

We saw it too, children beyond excited, you prob all heard them yelling hello Santa!

[DulwichFox]

The ISS maintains an orbit with an altitude of between 330 km (205 mi) and 435 km (270 mi)

It completes 15.52 orbits per day.

Foxy

[damzel]

Really excited to see it so clearly! At it's nearest point, you could see the "wings"

[DulwichFox]

1,000s of Tweets on Twitter.

So many Very excited Children... seeing Father Christmas.

Future candidates for the 'Funny what people believe thread'

Naughty Mummies & Daddies. :)

DulwichFox

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

We saw it ! So exciting .. Our very first viewing of a space shuttle , sorry Father Christmas .

Merry Christmas everyone ! X

[KidKruger]

Not a shuttle, sorry !

[Jah Lush]

As I looked out into the dark sky at 5.22pm, across all those infinite stars, it made me realize how insignificant they are.

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Sorry , space station !

[KidKruger]

You're right Jah it's all cockshite anyway !

Got us out of the pub for 5 mins tho.

[Charles Martel]

You can always keep updated on the ISS flying overhead by checking NASA?s Spot the Station website. You can set it up to send you email alerts hours before the station flies overhead. http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/

See the view from the station in this spectacular Earth timelapse HD video.

The crew on that little point of light