Comments on: Not so close encounter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:14:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shuttle and station imaged from the ground! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-166951 Shuttle and station imaged from the ground! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:30:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/#comment-166951 [...] Vincent Miu shot this same ISS+Shuttle configuration just this week as well, and last year, the ISS was caught passing Venus in the sky during the day. I imagine anyone with a good ’scope and a video camera mounted to it can get this sort of [...] [...] Vincent Miu shot this same ISS+Shuttle configuration just this week as well, and last year, the ISS was caught passing Venus in the sky during the day. I imagine anyone with a good ’scope and a video camera mounted to it can get this sort of [...]

]]> By: Buzz Parsec http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-35851 Buzz Parsec Fri, 11 May 2007 08:15:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/#comment-35851 Ed Davies, if you are right, you may have nailed the 2nd free parameter in weather forecasting. (The 1st being that trailer parks attract tornados.) The government would have to register all telescope purchases and include a GPS in them so their locations could be tracked acurately... So that's the real reason they're forcing telescope manufacturers to include GPS-enabled automatic tracking systems in new telescopes! Ed Davies, if you are right, you may have nailed the 2nd free parameter in weather forecasting. (The 1st being that trailer parks attract tornados.) The government would have to register all telescope purchases and include a GPS in them so their locations could be tracked acurately… So that’s the real reason they’re forcing telescope manufacturers to include GPS-enabled automatic tracking systems in new telescopes!

]]> By: FlashLadyBug.com » “Not so close encounter” - ISS and Venus across the sky in broad daylight (Photo) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-35850 FlashLadyBug.com » “Not so close encounter” - ISS and Venus across the sky in broad daylight (Photo) Fri, 11 May 2007 00:41:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/#comment-35850 [...] http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/ [...] [...] http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/ [...]

]]> By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-35849 Irishman Thu, 10 May 2007 15:15:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/#comment-35849 Trebuchet, Venus goes through phases just like the Moon. The elongation is caused by being somewhere near 50%, i.e. Venus appears to be slightly gibbous in that photo. Also, Venus appears slightly overexposed in order for the ISS to be visible. Trebuchet, Venus goes through phases just like the Moon. The elongation is caused by being somewhere near 50%, i.e. Venus appears to be slightly gibbous in that photo. Also, Venus appears slightly overexposed in order for the ISS to be visible.

]]> By: Kyle Edwards http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-35848 Kyle Edwards Wed, 09 May 2007 15:13:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/#comment-35848 Quote: I’m assuming the elongation of Venus is caused by tracking the Space Station, right? Venus is getting close closer to a 50% phse right now, so it could just be the shape of the planet. Quote:
I’m assuming the elongation of Venus is caused by tracking the Space Station, right?

Venus is getting close closer to a 50% phse right now, so it could just be the shape of the planet.

]]> By: Trebuchet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-35847 Trebuchet Wed, 09 May 2007 14:14:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/#comment-35847 Lovely! I'm assuming the elongation of Venus is caused by tracking the Space Station, right? Lovely! I’m assuming the elongation of Venus is caused by tracking the Space Station, right?

]]> By: AstroGeek Lights in the Sky « http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-35846 AstroGeek Lights in the Sky « Wed, 09 May 2007 14:09:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/05/08/not-so-close-encounter/#comment-35846 [...] in the Sky May 9th, 2007 — astrogeek Check out this picture and discussion on BadAstronomy Posted in [...] [...] in the Sky May 9th, 2007 — astrogeek Check out this picture and discussion on BadAstronomy Posted in [...]

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