See the ISS from Izmir, Turkey

The International Space Station is visible from Izmir 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 19:47 (very bright, 46° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 07:00–07:04	Bright mag -2.1	Appears W, 11° up Highest 18° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov 06:15–06:18	Bright mag -2.8	Appears SW, 32° up Highest 32° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:30	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears SE, 15° up Highest 15° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 19:44–19:44	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears S, 10° up Highest 11° up in the S Disappears S, 11° up
Mon 9 Nov 20:32–20:32	Faint mag -0.6	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the SW Disappears SW, 12° up
Tue 10 Nov 19:44–19:47	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 46° up in the S Disappears S, 46° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:57–19:01	Bright mag -2.8	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 30° up in the SE Disappears E, 20° up
Wed 11 Nov 20:34–20:34	Faint mag -0.7	Appears W, 10° up Highest 15° up in the W Disappears W, 15° up
Thu 12 Nov 19:46–19:49	Bright mag -2.9	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 45° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 45° up

Times are local to Izmir (Europe/Istanbul). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Izmir: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in Turkey

Istanbul · Ankara · Bursa · Gaziantep · Diyarbakir · Adana · Kayseri · Konya

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.