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AIS vessel BRIGHT STAR - show graphs
Callsign: D5QA2
MMSI number: 636018508
IMO number: 481960
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: ROSYTH (ETA Dec24 23:30)
Location: 56°01.29' N 3°26.20' W - locator IO86GA75OD - show map
1.8 miles Southwest bearing 243° from Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom [?]
3.7 miles Southwest bearing 213° from Crossgates, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
10.4 miles Northwest bearing 297° from Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
33.5 miles East bearing 71° from Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-01-05 17:44:01 EST (1m11s ago)
2025-01-05 22:44:01 GMT local time at Inverkeithing, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 279.0° – heading 290°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 180 m width 30 m draught 9.6 m
Last path: D5QA2>ais via GM7HHB
Positions stored: 31455
Stations near current position of BRIGHT STAR - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
ARKLOW MARSH0.5 miles 277°2025-01-05 17:39:41 JUPITER0.6 miles 279°2024-12-31 06:15:35
WAVE SPIRIT0.7 miles 125°2024-12-20 02:46:14 <<YIOR? 3#5 F :^ D81.2 miles 115°2025-01-05 17:44:41
ST MARTIN1.9 miles 144°2025-01-03 06:07:39 ST COLME1.9 miles 147°2024-12-31 11:05:41
RS VENTURE2.0 miles 139°2024-12-19 10:43:47 AMPHITRITE II2.0 miles 125°2025-01-04 10:04:07
FORTH BELLE2.0 miles 150°2024-12-11 08:48:04 CLYDE SPIRIT2.0 miles 153°2024-12-20 08:27:56
QUEENSFERRY BELLE2.1 miles 150°2024-12-30 18:10:22 WAVE TRAIN2.1 miles 132°2025-01-04 15:16:13
FORTH SENTINEL2.1 miles 154°2024-12-24 03:59:34 COASTAL OBSERVER 12.1 miles 121°2024-12-17 09:01:22
DOUBLE MEASURE2.1 miles 150°2024-12-11 04:45:46 ST DAVID2.1 miles 126°2025-01-02 20:41:07
MAID OF THE FORTH2.2 miles 115°2024-12-21 13:53:49 ARAMIS2.3 miles 123°2025-01-05 10:15:38
NORD2.5 miles 130°2025-01-05 06:14:56 HOPETOUN2.8 miles 119°2025-01-05 17:31:01
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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