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#20
by
Rocket Guy
on 10 Jun, 2007 18:28
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Great shots Jimmy and others, and thanks for the comments.
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#21
by
collectSPACE
on 10 Jun, 2007 20:43
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#22
by
djellison
on 10 Jun, 2007 22:25
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Had a great few passes yesterday and today. Only a few hours after docking I'd say it was Mag -2 to -2.5, maybe even a Venus matching -3 - very very bright.
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#23
by
Stormvideo
on 10 Jun, 2007 23:31
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#24
by
JJ..
on 11 Jun, 2007 00:10
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great pic dj
love the sunset,
the iss just came over me at 12.38 am,
i got a couple of shots off through my rubber folding 10 x binocs (rested on a window frame)
i think its the movement of the truss thats making it wobble ..
.. either that or i have to lay off the coffee
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#25
by
Heg
on 11 Jun, 2007 15:13
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Yesterday I saw Atlantis & ISS passing just before docking, about 9 pm (7 pm GMT). To the naked eye they appeared as a single, very bright object (about -2, maybe even -2.5m), easily spottable despite relative bright sky (about 20 minutes after sunset). On my small 3" telescope however, I was able to discern the ISS (at least one of the solar arrays was clearly visible) and the shuttle (which appeared as an extremely bright, roughly triangular-shape object) - separated by a very short gap. Unfortunately enough, clouds obstructed much of the field of view.
Of course I didn't miss the next two passes and now I'm preparing for the next three tonight
Side note: it's rather surprising to me that shuttle reflects much more sunlight than ISS, despite much larger surface area of the latter.
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#26
by
johng
on 11 Jun, 2007 19:45
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Weather was sure clear. Cought a pretty good pic of booster separation:
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#27
by
johng
on 11 Jun, 2007 19:52
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BTW- Does anyone use autofocus during launch?
My system can focus better than just using the infinity stop, even at long ranges - except that trying to track the shuttle as it broke above the trees drove it entirely crazy. I had to shut off AF and the first pic I got of the stack was after the roll maneuver was almost complete. This is weird as I spent an evening tracking and shooting the STA approach and depart above the trees with the same settings (spot meter, etc) without a problem.
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#28
by
Naraht
on 11 Jun, 2007 21:34
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kneecaps - 10/6/2007 1:08 PM
Why is the viewing so great at the moment? I've never an seen ISS and Orbiter pass and bright as last night! Is it the high beta angle?
I think it has to do with the summer solstice.
There's going to be a pass in just under an hour here (in Oxford) at a magnitude of -1.0, which is pretty good. I will be out there watching. Although it's going to have to get darker first. It's 10.33pm now and the sky is still very noticeably dark blue!
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#29
by
Skinny
on 11 Jun, 2007 22:39
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I finally took the time to actually get my camera and try to get some pics. Despite the fog the complex was much clearer as I expected. hooray
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#30
by
mceddiemac
on 11 Jun, 2007 23:17
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#31
by
TNCMAXQ
on 12 Jun, 2007 02:29
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Anyone have video from the causeway? That's where I was and would love to see it from that perspective again. I still am ecstatic over the whole thing. What a great experience.
Over on Youtube someone posted video of the launch from the 406 causeway. Not sure where that is but it looked like they were very close. Unless he was just using a very powerful lens. I am almost tempted to try watching from there the next time though you have to wait for the vehicle to clear the trees.
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#32
by
Bubbinski
on 12 Jun, 2007 05:28
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I was there on June 8th...at the KSC Visitor Center. What an awesome experience. I'll never forget seeing how BRIGHT the yellow exhaust was as the bird climbed from the trees. Nor will I forget the white line bisecting the blue sky. Here's a pic I took with my Fuji 5 MP camera:
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#33
by
TNCMAXQ
on 12 Jun, 2007 12:53
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The SRB flame is always striking to me since it looks totally different to the naked eye than I have ever seen it in video or photos. It does look different now than it did in the past though. I remember for my first few launches, in the 1984-92 period, the SRB plume was downright orange, like a sunset. I don't remember at what point they changed the content of the fuel and this made the flame look slightly different. Now it is more of a yellow/golden, if you can call it that. But when my first launch, 41-D, occurred way back in 1984, I was just stunned at that orange appearance.
117 was so great I hope to do it again with 118.
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#34
by
Naraht
on 12 Jun, 2007 22:03
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Saw a glorious, glorious pass at 22.12 here. It was still twilight, all I could see in the sky was Venus and the ISS. It went almost directly overhead and it flared right at its zenith so that it was even brighter than Venus. Gold against dark blue. Just stunning.
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#35
by
Oli4
on 12 Jun, 2007 22:53
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I can back that up!
I just saw ISS pass here in Belgium.
What I noticed is that indeed ISS was as bright as Jupiter but also as orange/gold as the star Arcturus! I guess this is due to the deploiment of the new SAWs. Wonderful!!!!
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#36
by
triddirt
on 12 Jun, 2007 23:50
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#37
by
Ankle-bone12
on 13 Jun, 2007 03:25
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Just saw the ISS Pass over my house here in Minnesota. you guys were right, beautiful pass. made my mom come out and watch it. we got it confused at first with another polar orbiting sattelite at first.
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#38
by
ashimp
on 13 Jun, 2007 04:46
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#39
by
MKremer
on 13 Jun, 2007 06:07
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Welcome! Those are quite nice, especially so many showing the amount of pitch angle change.
Nice that you had almost completely clear skies to see everything (sort of rare by the Florida coast!)
