Thames & Kosmos TK1 User Manual page 34

CHECK IT OUT
Satellites,
shooting stars,
and comets
You will often be able to see at
least a couple points of light in
the sky that seem to be moving
fairly quickly. Usually, they are
airplanes. If they are blinking,
that's what they are. But once in
a while you will be able to see a
man-made satellite such as the
International Space Station
(ISS). The ISS will show up as a
bright point of light that moves across the
entire sky in just a few minutes. Other
satellites will flash brightly for a few
seconds and then disappear again.
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If you are lucky, you might be able to catch
a shooting star during one of your evening
stargazing sessions. It will look like a bright
trail of light flashing briefly across the sky.
Shooting stars are small pieces of rock or
dust from space that burn up as they enter
our atmosphere.