If you know when and where to look you can see the iss with the naked eye from earth asked by paul francis surprisingly there are a large portion of manmade satellites that can be seen with the naked eye.
Can we see satellites from earth.
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But many people want to know if these satellites can see their house or even through their roofs and walls to the people inside.
Because the iss circles the earth about every 90 minutes on average this means that it s possible to see it not just on one singular pass but for several consecutive passes.
If the lights are blinking you probably are seeing a plane not a satellite.
Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster.
Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations.
However there are occasions when you can see a satellite in an earth picture but it would be too small yes magnifying glasses small and practically indistinguishable from the stars in the backdrop.
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The satellite will look like a star steadily moving across the sky for a few minutes.
It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
Viewing is best away from city lights and in cloud free skies.
Satellites differ greatly in the level of detail they can see.
Yes we can see satellites in particular orbits as they pass overhead at night.
Previously known as flash earth.
This filters out the large number of very faint satellites which fly over.
Noaa satellites have the capability to provide astounding views of the earth.
By default satellites are only shown if they reach a maximum brightness of 4th magnitude.