Comments on: ISS and Shuttle images! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/ 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. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:04:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Belcavitch http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/comment-page-1/#comment-210854 Belcavitch Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:45:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/#comment-210854 this is amazing our family just saw the ISS pass over our house this is something we will be looking forward to in the days to come, something we never new about truly amazing! this is amazing our family just saw the ISS pass over our house this is something we will be looking forward to in the days to come, something we never new about truly amazing!

]]> By: jill http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/comment-page-1/#comment-38981 jill Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:35:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/#comment-38981 do you know how many miles away from earth the space shuttle was when you saw it? thanks! do you know how many miles away from earth the space shuttle was when you saw it?
thanks!

]]> By: from the mind of Phord » Blog Archive » STS-117 and ISS flying in tandem http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/comment-page-1/#comment-38980 from the mind of Phord » Blog Archive » STS-117 and ISS flying in tandem Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:51:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/#comment-38980 [...] The Bad Astronomer (aka Phil Plait) got a nice shot, [...] [...] The Bad Astronomer (aka Phil Plait) got a nice shot, [...]

]]> By: Phil Hord http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/comment-page-1/#comment-38979 Phil Hord Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:32:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/#comment-38979 Nice shot. I should have thought to use flash in mine to illuminate the trees better. Here it is: http://www.philhord.com/phord/sts-117-and-iss-flying-in-tandem/ Click the photo for the full image. Nice shot. I should have thought to use flash in mine to illuminate the trees better. Here it is:
http://www.philhord.com/phord/sts-117-and-iss-flying-in-tandem/

Click the photo for the full image.

]]> By: k-man http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/comment-page-1/#comment-38978 k-man Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:59:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/#comment-38978 Thanks, Phil - I finally decided to try some sky shots - and was very pleased with the results ( http://flickr.com/photos/kaufman/584948423/ ). Like Kevin, I wasn't expecting to see the shuttle, either - heavens-above.com stopped showing times for it. It's definitely something that I'm going to start doing more of!. Thanks, Phil – I finally decided to try some sky shots – and was very pleased with the results ( http://flickr.com/photos/kaufman/584948423/ ). Like Kevin, I wasn’t expecting to see the shuttle, either – heavens-above.com stopped showing times for it. It’s definitely something that I’m going to start doing more of!.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/comment-page-1/#comment-38977 The Bad Astronomer Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:39:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/#comment-38977 The camera I have is an off-the-shelf digital camera with 5 Megapixels. Shots like this aren't too hard to get. I have a nice tripod, and I had the camera set manually for time exposures at f/5.6. Any decent digital camera should do well, and if you have a film SLR you can do a lot better, too. The camera I have is an off-the-shelf digital camera with 5 Megapixels. Shots like this aren’t too hard to get. I have a nice tripod, and I had the camera set manually for time exposures at f/5.6. Any decent digital camera should do well, and if you have a film SLR you can do a lot better, too.

]]> By: Kevin in Downingtown http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/comment-page-1/#comment-38976 Kevin in Downingtown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:30:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/19/iss-and-shuttle-images/#comment-38976 I checked heavens above, and sure enough, ISS was flying over Pennsylvania at 21:42. Took the kids out to a nearby soccer field with a great view all around, and saw the ISS flying West to East... then about a minute or two later, we see another object right behind... I thought maybe it was another satellite... it definitely disappeared at the same point in the sky that the ISS did, so I new it was something in orbit. So when we came back, I checked heavens above, and eventually read that the shuttle didn't land thursday as expected... what do you know, we saw the shuttle, too! Thanks for the tip, but it brought up some intesting discussions about planets and space... we never did anything like this before, but I think we will be in the future... I'm going to look into a good pair of binoc's to start with, and maybe later a telescope. I checked heavens above, and sure enough, ISS was flying over Pennsylvania at 21:42. Took the kids out to a nearby soccer field with a great view all around, and saw the ISS flying West to East… then about a minute or two later, we see another object right behind… I thought maybe it was another satellite… it definitely disappeared at the same point in the sky that the ISS did, so I new it was something in orbit. So when we came back, I checked heavens above, and eventually read that the shuttle didn’t land thursday as expected… what do you know, we saw the shuttle, too! Thanks for the tip, but it brought up some intesting discussions about planets and space… we never did anything like this before, but I think we will be in the future… I’m going to look into a good pair of binoc’s to start with, and maybe later a telescope.

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