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Topic: ISS in your backyard tonight!!!
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mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 06-13-2002 02:42 PM
   
If you haven't seen the space station... tonight's the night! Check out this link for more information... http://www.spacescience.com/headlines/y2002/10jun_spaceship.htm Noah |
Mike
Member Posts: 178
From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: May 2001
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posted 06-13-2002 09:22 PM
Tonight certainly is the night here in southern Cal! About a 4-5 minute look and at it's highest point will be at about 85 degrees. Tomorrow and Saturday will be pretty good also but not as good as tonight.Mike |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 06-14-2002 12:44 AM
A little cloudy in the East Bay tonight, so I can't see it. I've seen it a bunch before however.
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Werb
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posted 06-14-2002 12:48 AM
At least it gets dark down there!!!!!! It's 8:52 P.m. now, and definitely won't be getting dark soon. You lucky people!!!!!! I'll have to wait till October before I get to see anything.From The Last Frontier........... Mike
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Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 06-14-2002 12:55 AM
That was a bright one! The little lady even saw it and commented on how fast it moved. Funny, 10 people and billions of dollars of space hardware turned into a bright dot of light in the sky. Well, at least we can see it! |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-14-2002 10:34 AM
Saw it last night and hope to again tonight. What a beautiful sight! |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-15-2002 01:09 AM
I saw it again tonight. Tonights viewing was much better than last nights, because it was higher than last night and visible longer. My wife and son were excited to see it too! |
Mike
Member Posts: 178
From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: May 2001
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posted 06-16-2002 02:05 AM
It was great to see the Shuttle come by tonight followed by ISS. However it was dynamic last night viewing from the mountains, looking out over the desert as it went out over it.Mike |
Dan Lorraine
Member Posts: 373
From: Cranston, R.I.
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-17-2002 01:17 PM
Another great web site to track artificial satellites is: www.heavens-above.com
This site has everything ..... including finder charts which can be quite helpful.Try photographing it as it comes over; it's a rather simple process. If the ISS is visible during darkness (rather than twilight or in the pre-dawn sky, set your 35mm camera up on a tripod with a cable release. I would recommend 400 ASA film or faster. Focus your camera on infinity and completely open the aperature of the lens (the most common 50mm lenses will typically allow for an F2.0 or F1.8 aperature setting). Set your exposure on BULB and do a 20 second exposures (utilizing your cable release so as not to shake the camera) once the ISS is in view. By doing a 20 second exposure, the path of the space station will actually be represented by a white streak, which is the distance it travelled during the exposure. The stars will appear as points of light up to about 20 seconds -- any exposure longer than 20 seconds the star images will start to trail due to the rotation of the Earth. Since you know where the space station will be visible, set up 10-15 minutes before hand and try framing the sky with something scenic in the foreground like a tree -- this will make the picture a little more interesting. Good luck and have fun! Best, Dan |
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