HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STAR AND A PLANET.....
Stars Twinkle and planets dont! Its true....stars are tiny point sources of light to us and the light rays from them get bent around in the atmosphere (because of the different temperatures and densities in the air) and so they twinkle.
Planets are larger objects in the sky for us, so this effect makes hardly any difference to their brightness...they don't twinkle.
DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF OUR NEAREST STAR????????
(see the bottom of this page for the answer)
The ISS can be seen easily with the naked eye if you know when/where to look. It appears like an brightish star which slowly moves across the sky and can take
typically 1,2 or 3 minutes before it disappears. (no flashing lights so don't confuse it with an aeroplane).
The ISS usually disappears before it goes down over the horizon, this is because it passes into the Earth's shadow. (it is only about 400 km above the Earth's surface)
The ISS has an orbit such that for a period of a couple of weeks or so it is only visible in the early morning before sun-up. Then later it only appears in the evening.
To see the CURRENT SIGHTING TIMES FROM CRANBROOK CLICK HERE