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LM-12
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posted 04-04-2023 11:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I believe SL4-143-4720 is the last photo of Skylab taken in orbit.

The latest high-res image I could find is photo SL4-143-4717, which is three frames earlier. So the last photo might be very similar.

Blackarrow
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posted 04-04-2023 12:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Blackarrow     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
We have seen many remarkably high-quality images of ISS taken through ground-based telescopes. Are there any similar-quality ground-based images of Skylab? I realise this was nearly 50 years ago, but there must surely have some telescopes capable of capturing reasonable images of Skylab.

Jim Behling
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posted 04-05-2023 05:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jim Behling   Click Here to Email Jim Behling     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There wasn't the ability to disseminate the orbital parameters with a wide audience where amateur astronomers could photo it. Sighting notices are not enough, the small view of telescopes requires precision pointing and knowledge of the flight path.

RobertB
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posted 05-08-2023 01:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RobertB   Click Here to Email RobertB     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In addition, many of the ground based photos you see of the station are actually a "stack" of images which have been digitally processed and sharpened.
These techniques were certainly not widely available (if they existed at all) back in the mid 70s.

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