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Title: International Space Station
Post by: rich83 on April 21, 2013, 09:12:37 pm
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8382%2F8669806352_b8f30c6ec4_b.jpg&hash=0eafc094c0924a31c10e45f9c95405d4988833be) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/richwigley/8669806352/)
International Space Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/richwigley/8669806352/) by Rich Wigley (http://www.flickr.com/people/richwigley/), on Flickr

 :happy2:
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: stealthwolf on April 21, 2013, 09:50:46 pm
 :congrats:

I've been looking into astrophotography but think I need to do some more research first.
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: xjay1337 on April 21, 2013, 10:54:46 pm
Is that the Dark Side of the Moon?  :P
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: Horatio on April 22, 2013, 04:22:12 am
had to clean the screen...its there alright  :happy2:

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Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: rich83 on April 22, 2013, 11:21:39 am
Its an amazing sight to see..... it really whizzes past!  :happy2:
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: rob-gti on April 22, 2013, 03:15:27 pm
my monitor is filthy....is the ISS the small white dot to the left?  :ashamed:
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: rich83 on April 22, 2013, 03:33:19 pm
Affirmative....
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: jinx61 on April 22, 2013, 08:15:00 pm
last time I saw the ISS it flew by! great shot catching it.
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: MC71 on April 22, 2013, 08:26:33 pm
 :congrats: Very impressive!

I know nothing about spacey things. How do you know the path or location of the ISS Rich, is it via a tracking system of some sort?
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: mjt on April 22, 2013, 09:12:02 pm
www.isstracker.com
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: rich83 on April 23, 2013, 12:17:06 am
:congrats: Very impressive!

I know nothing about spacey things. How do you know the path or location of the ISS Rich, is it via a tracking system of some sort?

Someone gave me a heads up.... i think its visible tonight too... 23/4/13 about 8:30 low in the sky in the direction of the moon. Ill check it out and let you know.
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: DaveB@Vagbremtechnic on April 23, 2013, 06:38:59 am
Saw it once at altitude,the tropopause is atmospheric layer that above the air gets really really clear.

Anyway we were high and it was low and we got pretty much best view anybody's going to get of it with the naked eye, we see shooting stars regularly up there but they don't have a flashing beacon like the ISS....sort of gave it away.

Sort of had a 10 second WTF before my FO told me what it was and saved my embarrassment I was just about to call up to have it intercepted!

Good pic.....hugely long exposure ??
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: rich83 on April 23, 2013, 08:42:46 am
Thanks Dave. Not a long exposure, I think it was a few hundredths of a second.

I was going to take a "star trail" long exposure of it to show it moving but couldn't find my tripod plate.  :fighting:
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: MC71 on April 23, 2013, 09:24:44 am
:congrats: Very impressive!

I know nothing about spacey things. How do you know the path or location of the ISS Rich, is it via a tracking system of some sort?

Someone gave me a heads up.... i think its visible tonight too... 23/4/13 about 8:30 low in the sky in the direction of the moon. Ill check it out and let you know.

Will be going round to my brothers tonight as he has a (never used) home telescope. I told him about the ISS (yesterday) and he had a look for it but only managed to find the moon! We could be a long time. :laugh:  :stupid:

EDIT: found all the info here........

http://iss.astroviewer.net/observation.php

 Just found out we've got 5:51 minutes to see it.
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: rich83 on April 23, 2013, 09:34:01 am
If you have an iphone get the StarWark app... as you can pin point exactly where it should be
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: Marc-5-GTI on June 07, 2013, 11:14:53 pm
The ISS is back in our skies!! It has just passed from the west at 22:43, next pass is at 00:20 so get those cameras out!
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: Marc-5-GTI on June 09, 2013, 10:40:48 pm
It's going over from the west now! Followed by the ATV4 at 22:49
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: rich83 on June 11, 2013, 10:50:50 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/936105_10151401574395882_1144037067_n.jpg)

Need to get the tripod out.... (and my 5Dii)
Title: Re: International Space Station
Post by: flinty on June 12, 2013, 10:36:20 am
the space station is amazing to watch  :happy2:
heres my pics of it

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8407%2F9022252903_8e847f8771.jpg&hash=87a526096a8268c02f37eab76172abc8679655b4) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95224970@N02/9022252903/)
iss newark (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95224970@N02/9022252903/) by chris flint (http://www.flickr.com/people/95224970@N02/), on Flickr

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2855%2F9022251955_843d8b578f.jpg&hash=dd7d1b675e7d4b7356fb679bdb04a8723e0c995f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95224970@N02/9022251955/)
iss newark 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95224970@N02/9022251955/) by chris flint (http://www.flickr.com/people/95224970@N02/), on Flickr

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5333%2F9024476192_49f7f6d684.jpg&hash=4f847bbff15db12b3028b56c16b3a4a421d7c6d6) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95224970@N02/9024476192/)
space station over lincoln (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95224970@N02/9024476192/) by chris flint (http://www.flickr.com/people/95224970@N02/), on Flickr