{"id":491,"date":"2021-10-06T16:52:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/satellites\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:28:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:28:41","slug":"satellites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"Visible Satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Holcomb Observatory Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/public-tours\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Weekend Public Tours<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/private-tours\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Private Group Tours<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/sky-at-a-glance\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">The Current Night Sky<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skymaps.com\/downloads.html\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Star Charts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/satellites\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Visible Satellites<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/astronomy-equipment\/how-to-choose-a-telescope\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Buying a Telescope<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iauarchive.eso.org\/public\/themes\/buying_star_names\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Buying a Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darksky.org\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Light Pollution<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/physics-astrophysics-astronomy\/southeastern-association-research-astronomy\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">SARA Observatory<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/physics-astrophysics-astronomy\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Physics\/Astrophysics &amp; Astronomy Department<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-desktop-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-content-block-toggle-more-label=\"More links\" data-content-block-toggle-less-label=\"Hide links\">More links<\/button><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Satellites Visible From the Indianapolis Area<\/h1><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Satellites are best observed after sunset and before sunrise. At this time the surface of the Earth is in darkness but the Sun is still visible several hundred kilometers above the surface of the Earth. Because of this, satellites can reflect sunlight back to the Earth surface making them easily visible and often brighter than the brightest stars.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find the visible passes for the Indianapolis area for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavens-above.com\/PassSummary.aspx?satid=20580&amp;lat=39.8415&amp;lng=-86.1714&amp;loc=Holcomb+Observatory+and+Planetarium&amp;alt=232&amp;tz=EST\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hubble Space Telescope\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavens-above.com\/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&amp;lat=39.8415&amp;lng=-86.1714&amp;loc=Holcomb+Observatory+and+Planetarium&amp;alt=232&amp;tz=EST\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"International Space Station\">International Space Station<\/a> for the next 10 days.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to these well known satellites, there are many more visible each evening. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavens-above.com\/AllSats.aspx?lat=39.8415&amp;lng=-86.1714&amp;loc=Holcomb+Observatory+and+Planetarium&amp;alt=232&amp;tz=EST\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Indianapolis satellites \">View the list of satellites visible tonight in Indianapolis<\/a>, weather permitting. Click on the time of maximum altitude to get a plot of the satellites path through the sky.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One other set of interesting satellites are the Iridium satellites. Many of these highly reflective satellites orbit the Earth. If they are oriented just right they can produce what is called an Iridium flare. 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