A bright space station will soar over the US this week — and it's not the ISS. Here's how to see it
What's that bright light in the sky? Here's how to see China's Tiangong space station with the naked eye this week.
This week, the Chinese space station Tiangong will be visible over the eastern United States, offering an opportunity to observe it with the naked eye. Three Chinese astronauts are currently aboard Tiangong, repairing a solar array just days after their spacewalk. The station can reach a brightness of magnitude -2, comparable to Jupiter.
The best times to view Tiangong are typically an hour or two after sunset or before sunrise when it's still illuminated by sunlight from its orbit around Earth. On this week, Tiangong will be particularly bright and high in the sky from New York City, with several notable passes visible on different evenings.
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