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11/18/2005 08:26:22 PM · #1 |
SATELLITE:ISS LOCAL: Sat Nov 19/05:36 PM DURATION: 4min
MAX ELEV deg: 18
APPROACH Deg-DIR: 10 above N
DEPARTURE Deg-DIR: 11 above E
Can anyone tell me exactly where to look in the sky based on the above information? I would like to see the space station. I have a 100-400L IS lens. Do you think it is possible to get a photograph?
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11/18/2005 09:10:46 PM · #2 |
| Ryno, sorry that it's too late for tonight, but for next time, here's a little help. My husband has photographed space-station passes before. You get a nice streak of light in the night sky. If you go to www.heavens-above.com you can get a sky map based on your location that can tell you where to look; if you can find basic constellations, you can use their maps. You'd want to use wide-angle, most likely, and even so, with a four-minute pass, you'd be taking multiple exposures to get the whole thing. |
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11/18/2005 09:19:46 PM · #3 |
Go to Heavens Above and input your location. You'll get specific instructions on where and when to look for the ISS when it passes over you.
With your lens, the best you'll be able to do is photograph a star trail as it passes. If you want to see detail in the space station, you'll need specialized gear. See here, here, and here.
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11/18/2005 09:22:01 PM · #4 |
These are relative coordinates to where you told NASA you are at. At 5:30 tomorrow night, go out and look roughly north. In a few minutes, it'll be the really bright, fast moving point of light for about 4 minutes.
With a tripod, you may get some interesting streaks - but it's unlikely you'll see Russians waving hello...
On Sunday, you'll have a darker sky, longer window and it will be almost directly overhead:
Sun Nov 20/06:02 PM
DURATION: 6min
MAX ELEV deg: 76
APPROACH Deg-DIR: 11 above NW
DEPARTURE Deg-DIR: 10 above SE |
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11/18/2005 10:07:13 PM · #5 |
It actually moves relatively quickly. I've seen it twice... once while I was at the Kennedy Space Center for a shuttle launch (the announcer at the space center pointed it out before it passed over, prior to a pre-dawn launch). And I saw it pass over from my house one time.
I was surprised at how quickly it came and went. It wasn't like a meteor or anything... but it was only visible for a few short minutes.
Like others have said, if you can get a grasp as to where it will be in the sky... get yourself into an area away from city lights, and get ready for a long exposure with a wide-angle lens. It would be a neat thing to capture! |
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11/18/2005 10:50:51 PM · #6 |
Wow, thanks for the info. and links. My kids are going to love this.
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11/23/2005 08:41:06 PM · #7 |
Well this is what I got.
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11/23/2005 08:56:38 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by PhotoRyno:
Well this is what I got.
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The darn thing's got wings ;-)
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11/23/2005 09:00:36 PM · #9 |
| I once saw it when the Shuttle was docked. The two combined were amazingly bright. Some satellites seem to crawl across the sky and are hardly noticeable, but that sucker really moves. |
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