WispMan Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 This Christmas is an excellent opportunity to see Santa Claus race across the sky as he makes his way home early on Christmas Day morning. He will be visible from any part of the UK from 7.02am to 7.08am rising in the South West horizon and flying for over 6 minutes off to the eastern horizon. He will be brighter than any star and will be obvious as he will look like a very fast moving star. In London and the South East he will rise to be nearly overhead and up here in Cumbria he will get to 45 degs above the horizon. So make sure you have a reasonably good horizon and the little ones will have their beliefs reinforced. You will only need a clear sky and the name of his rocket is .................the International Space Station but the children won't care about that as they will have seen him!!! Best of luck and thanks to Heavens Above webpage Graham Unless otherwise stated all posts are my personal opinion Link to post Share on other sites
WispMan Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 For the website you need a username and password. Then set location to your nearest town and select ISS. Graham Unless otherwise stated all posts are my personal opinion Link to post Share on other sites
David P Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Seen him doing a practice run on Thursday as he passed by the Moon & Mars. LOL Cloudy Friday & Sat? Swift Elegance 480, towed by a Mitsubishi Outlander GX4 Automatic. Link to post Share on other sites
David P Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 My son uses Sky Guide. Not free £2.99 for the app. Swift Elegance 480, towed by a Mitsubishi Outlander GX4 Automatic. Link to post Share on other sites
YorkshireLhasa Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 If any of the Air Force guys had to work Christmas Eve, we all explained to the little ones that they were needed to help Santa because his Gnome Positioning Service didn't always work properly (too much egg nogg!). They were so proud that their Mums and Dads were working with Santa! Link to post Share on other sites
Woodentop Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 And for decades the guys at the USA air defence centre have been running http://www.noradsanta.com and see what he <really> gets up to! Starts midday Christmas Eve for 24 hours. 2018 Passat B8 Estate 150GT TDi150 towing a 2018 Bailey Unicorn S4 Seville Link to post Share on other sites
Wildwood Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 If I wake and see him, I will know I had had a few too many Christmas Eve. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodentop Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 On 29/11/2020 at 22:09, Woodentop said: And for decades the guys at the USA air defence centre have been running http://www.noradsanta.com and see what he <really> gets up to! Starts midday Christmas Eve for 24 hours. Sorry, that should be http://www.noradsanta.org - it is already up and waiting. 2018 Passat B8 Estate 150GT TDi150 towing a 2018 Bailey Unicorn S4 Seville Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Capiro owner Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 23 minutes ago, Woodentop said: Sorry, that should be http://www.noradsanta.org - it is already up and waiting. Our kids used to love that! Sadly it's a tradition no longer in our house, they've grown too old for that now. Link to post Share on other sites
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