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05/16/2009 02:39:10 PM · #1 |
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05/16/2009 03:13:47 PM · #2 |
Indeed! And doubly sweet, since he traveled all the way from France to Florida to get the shot.
ETA, and check out this shot of Atlantis and Hubble together in transit.
Message edited by author 2009-05-16 15:16:26. |
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05/16/2009 04:37:34 PM · #3 |
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05/16/2009 04:41:41 PM · #4 |
Good backlight. : )
You would have to do your homework to know exactly when to shoot.
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05/16/2009 04:55:39 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
Good backlight. : )
You would have to do your homework to know exactly when to shoot. |
Oh yes, and know your required position too!. The transits are only a few seconds long, and the ground track of the transit is only a few tens of miles wide. |
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05/16/2009 05:05:21 PM · #6 |
Yes and he did it with a Canon 5D MKII and www.calsky.com worked out the when and where.
Transit duration: 0.8s. Transit bandwidth on Earth: 5.6 km. Altitude: 600 km. Speed: 7 km/s (25000 km/h). Length of Atlantis : 35m, length of Hubble : 13m.
Transit forecast (place, time...) calculated by www.calsky.com.
Takahashi TOA-130 refractor (diameter 130mm, final focal 2200mm), Baader solar prism and Canon 5D mark II. Exposure of 1/8000s at 100 ISO, extracted from a series of 16 images (4 images/s) started 2s before the predicted time.
Cheers
Ron |
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05/16/2009 05:52:16 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
ETA, and check out this shot of Atlantis and Hubble together in transit. |
I've applied an extra filter to that image to reveal the real image. °Atlantis° and °Hubble° are mere;y beauty spots. See. |
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05/16/2009 08:02:10 PM · #8 |
Wow. Just wow. The photo is amazing. @ Pug-H - LOL at the smiley.
Cheers!
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05/16/2009 10:23:49 PM · #9 |
Should have used more fill flash. : P
Excellent job of calculating the trajectory and timing of the shuttle's transit. NASA keeps a page where you can enter your position and find out when evening and morning fly-overs with possible sighting opportunities will occur. Here's that link.
NASA- Sighting Ops.
It's pretty cool to actually see it moving across the sky at night. It's similar to seeing an aircraft or bright moving star, but because the craft is in sunlight, the light is very steady, not blinking.
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05/17/2009 02:46:08 PM · #10 |
Here's a link to the guy's website. link I wish I understood more about this... 8( It does blow me away.
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