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#40 by Maxim_NZ on 13 Jun, 2007 20:18
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http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2007/13jun07/tyrrell.gif
This flyover of Atlantis / ISS was posted on spaceweather. You can make out Atlantis + the new Solar WINGS. Cool! - Taken with a 10" scope. Thanks to colleague for sending me this link... -
#41 by Mark Dave on 13 Jun, 2007 21:16
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That's beautiful. IMO I wouldn't see nothing but a bright star, and my luck with photographing a moving object stinks anyway.
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#42 by sdevine on 14 Jun, 2007 21:18
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My new desktop background, with a small collage of images I took from the causeway and KSC.
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#43 by iphitus on 14 Jun, 2007 23:49
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Saw an ISS pass for the first time yesterday, here in Melbourne, Australia. Was up at 6am for it. Didn't expect it to be so clear, and was worried I'd miss it because it was low, but i spotted it - amazing.
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#44 by rdale on 15 Jun, 2007 04:08
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ISS pass over Michigan at midnight EDT was as bright as I've ever seen an object in space (other than an Iridium spike)!
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#45 by braddock on 15 Jun, 2007 09:59
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Maxim_NZ - 13/6/2007 4:18 PM
http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2007/13jun07/tyrrell.gif
This flyover of Atlantis / ISS was posted on spaceweather. You can make out Atlantis + the new Solar WINGS. Cool! - Taken with a 10" scope. Thanks to colleague for sending me this link...
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#46 by kermit on 17 Jun, 2007 19:38
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Assuming the Tuesday Undocking, how far ahead of the ISS will Atantis be at 22:30 EDT? The final separation after the fly around is scheduled for 12:28 EDT. I have a good sighting opportunity Then in the Washington, DC area.
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#47 by bkellysky on 19 Jun, 2007 18:28
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Good article on seeing the ISS and Atlantis at space.com by Joe Rao...
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070618_ns_shuttle_iss.html
And it can also be found on yahoo news.
Hope the clouds hold off here in the NYC area - two passes, one about 9pm and another about 10:35pm tonight.
While you're out there, take a look at the Moon, Venus and Saturn in the west and Jupiter in the east!
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#48 by rdale on 20 Jun, 2007 02:38
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Wow! Just watched them formation fly literally directly overhead. That has to be the coolest thing. Not sure why two specks of light moving are that awesome -- but WOW.
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#49 by benscripps on 20 Jun, 2007 02:45
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We just saw them both from Cadillac MI. Fantastic sight tonight! (And I pulled coworkers outside to watch...no one was disappointed...:-) )
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#50 by daveglo on 20 Jun, 2007 05:11
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On the second pass over my locale tonight (just east of St. Louis, MO), I caught the photo below on a 10 second exposure. The ISS and Atlantis, with the shuttle leading, is the stripe to the upper right, as it passed above the moon (and some homes in my subdivision). Looked really cool passing through the clouds. Apparent brightness 1.8 & 1.4, according to Heavens-Above. I had goosebumps grabbing this shot.
In full disclosure, I used Photoshop to bring up the brightness about 10%. Enjoy!
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#51 by pippin on 20 Jun, 2007 10:12
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Sometimes you get lucky.
Had a perfect sight to the formation yesterday in Berlin (around 20:30 UTC). Not even in full darkness the, but very bright Atlantis and ISS formation. No moon here that evening, which helped.
And the best thing is: it was completely by accident since I misread heavens above a few days ago (thought no more visible passes in June). Just sitting there on the balcony and ooops, that looks like two VERY BRIGHT satellites...can it be...yep. -
#52 by Buck Rogers on 20 Jun, 2007 12:54
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Hello fellow Floridians new here to the forum. I'm new here also, and within the last 2 weeks of signing up, I've improved my knowledge of space exploration tremendously, as i'm sure you will also.
Nice to see alot of great quality shots of ascent. Thank you all! Now let's just hope for good weather coming in, more great shots? I'm looking for ground track for landing to be posted on NASA, I normally watch from US 1 in Titusville, No clouds please! lol
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#53 by Heg on 20 Jun, 2007 13:15
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Saw exactly the same pass - two relatively bright objects (despite veeeery low altitude - not more than about 7 degrees) flying in formation over southwestern horizon, with the brighter of them leading. Quite stunning, given the fact they were passing a little less than 1500 kilometers from my observing site :cool:
Sometimes you get lucky.
Had a perfect sight to the formation yesterday in Berlin (around 20:30 UTC). Not even in full darkness the, but very bright Atlantis and ISS formation. No moon here that evening, which helped.
And the best thing is: it was completely by accident since I misread heavens above a few days ago (thought no more visible passes in June). Just sitting there on the balcony and ooops, that looks like two VERY BRIGHT satellites...can it be...yep.
BTW heavens-above.com hadn't reported this pass for me as well - probably due to low altitude (as stated above).
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#54 by Citabria on 20 Jun, 2007 16:37
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WOW is right! The kids loved it too. Tonight's view from Michigan won't be as high but, per NASA SkyWatch, they will pass very close to the moon at 10:54. Hey, rdale, will the Lansing weather cooperate?
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#55 by brahmanknight on 20 Jun, 2007 18:14
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I know this is late, but someone from my schoool, University of Central Florida in east Orlando, took this photo. The shuttle is tracking over the new on campus football stadium we are building. Go Knights!
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#56 by Andrewwski on 20 Jun, 2007 18:41
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Stupid clouds last night. I had an extremely bright pass predicted for both vehicles, and saw nothing but thunderstorms.
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#57 by avollhar on 20 Jun, 2007 18:51
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This one is a one second exposure from yesterday evening.. just spectacular to see the two spacecraft moving in a formation!
Greetings from Zuerich/Switzerland!
Achim
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#58 by Shadow Spork on 20 Jun, 2007 21:21
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I saw the shuttle and station flying by southwest, 10 degrees above the horizon, just before the thunderstorms in my area rolled in last night.
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#59 by Lee Jay on 20 Jun, 2007 22:41
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I don't have a telescope, or even one of the big gun super telephoto lenses. All I have is my wedding and portrait lens, the Canon 70-200/2.8L IS and a couple of 1.4x teleconverters.
Nevertheless, I attempted to take images of the ISS and Shuttle after undocking last December. Attached are my best four images of each.
I've since refined my technique just a bit and managed to get the second two images yesterday just after the two undocked and flew over my area. I'm surprised that you can see what you can see considering I'm using equipment designed for an entirely different purpose.