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By: Shuttle and station imaged from the ground! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:30:39 +0000

[...] 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

Buzz Parsec — Fri, 11 May 2007 08:15:05 +0000

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)

Fri, 11 May 2007 00:41:57 +0000

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By: Irishman

Irishman — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:15:03 +0000

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

Kyle Edwards — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:13:20 +0000

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Iâ€™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

Trebuchet — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:14:35 +0000

Lovely! I’m assuming the elongation of Venus is caused by tracking the Space Station, right?

By: AstroGeek Lights in the Sky «

AstroGeek Lights in the Sky « — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:09:14 +0000

[...] in the Sky May 9th, 2007 — astrogeek Check out this picture and discussion on BadAstronomy Posted in [...]

By: A Ler…-- Rastos de Luz

A Ler…-- Rastos de Luz — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:10:40 +0000

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By: Ed Davies

Ed Davies — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:02:09 +0000

It’s a commonly observed but not scientifcally well understood phenomenon than new telescopes actually cause clouds. My theory is that it is off-gassing from the materials used for telescope packaging that provides the condensation nuclei required for cloud formation.

By: Mike Williams

Mike Williams — Wed, 09 May 2007 08:24:39 +0000

Very cool, I too want to get my new telescope out, but it’s cloudy every night! Soon there won’t be any more night for months.

By: Freebaser

Freebaser — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:56:10 +0000

Super cool!

By: ceticismoaberto.com » Blog Archive » ISS próxima de Vênus

ceticismoaberto.com » Blog Archive » ISS próxima de Vênus — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:45:28 +0000

[...] Fotografia tomada há pouco por Etienne Simian de Saint Martin de Crau, sul da França, com um telescópio de oito polegadas e uma webcam (!). O ponto brilhante à direita é Vênus, já o enigmático objeto à esquerda é a Estação Espacial Internacional (ISS). [via BAblog] [...]

By: Lab Lemming

Lab Lemming — Wed, 09 May 2007 03:09:23 +0000

So how many missions to Venus could we fund with the money tied up in that station?

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Wed, 09 May 2007 02:26:00 +0000

Too cool!

Kinda reminds me of last weekend’s remastered episode of ‘Star Trek’, “Tomorrow is Yesterday”, with the Big E in the clouds. Of course, THIS is real!

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:51:38 +0000

The space station is good for something…astrophotography!

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:34:40 +0000

That is brilliant! I agree, it looks a bit like a Tie Fighter!

If you use iGoogle (used to be called Google Homepage) there’s a page gadget called ‘Satellite Tracking’ that shows a few different satellites and their place over the Earth. One of them is the ISS.

By: thaumaturge

thaumaturge — Tue, 08 May 2007 23:22:18 +0000

This just further illustrates the amazing things encoded in the radiation all around us, and that we won’t see them if we don’t look!

By: JSW

JSW — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:47:35 +0000

It looks like a Rebel airspeeder. Will we soon see AT-ATs marching on France?

By: PsyberDave

PsyberDave — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:34:45 +0000

I’m astonished! I think it is right up there with that picture of the shuttle and space station crossing in front of the Sun.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:34:10 +0000

THAT IS SO AMAZINGLY COOL!!!!!
I just wish the clouds would clear up, it’s been raining for the last two weeks and school was closed yesterday due to flooding. I WANT TO GET MY TELESCOPE OUT!!!