If the lights are blinking you probably are seeing a plane not a satellite.
Can we see satellites from earth.
Noaa satellites have the capability to provide astounding views of the earth.
But many people want to know if these satellites can see their house or even through their roofs and walls to the people inside.
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It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
The satellite will look like a star steadily moving across the sky for a few minutes.
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.
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.
Previously known as flash earth.
Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations.
Passes are also only shown if they occur during the hours of darkness.
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.
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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.
This filters out the large number of very faint satellites which fly over.
By default satellites are only shown if they reach a maximum brightness of 4th magnitude.