Images from East Lothian town show International space station and Jupiter at night – Edinburgh Live

An East Lothian local has captured breath-taking images of the international space station and a planet that is believed to be Jupiter, as both become visible in the night sky.

The photos, taken on Saturday night, show the space station in a rare and colourful light that people may never have seen before and luckily for us, this individual has captured multiple snaps.

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The person who captured the images, said he took them facing in the direction of Fife looking north-west and then the picture of a planet was seen over from the south-west direction.

The international space station is the third biggest object in the sky and according to NASA, is easy to spot if you know when and where to look up.

Visible from the naked eye, it looks like a fast-moving plane, only much higher and travelling thousands of miles an hour faster.

Sighting opportunities range from once a month to several times a week, depending on the path of the ISSs orbit, and the time of year. During northern hemisphere summer, the ISS receives enough sunlight to make it visible at all times of the night. For the rest of the year, the ISS only gets enough light around sunrise or sunset (during the middle of the night, it is too dark against the sky).

For those interested in finding out what time and date you can look into the sky and spot the space station, NASA's Spot The Station website allows you to enter your location and find out when it will be visible to the naked eye.

The same person who captured the striking images of the space station, also captured a glance at a planet that is believed to be Jupiter.

During certain times of year, some planets are visible to the naked eye. Jupiter, being one of the brightest planets, is one of them. The image captured shows Jupiter looking like a bigger, brighter version of the moon, with several little circles in the centre of the planet.

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