My neighbor and I went outside and watched the shuttle and iss pass by here in Ashburn, VA from 1944L to 1948L until it passed into the penumbra shadow. Was not really bright, had a magnitude about that of Polaris. Very impressive though. Used Heavens-above, Nasa real time tracking and my company's satellite orbit analysis program to check it out. Roger -----Original Message----- From: DeHBeaver0@aol.com [mailto:DeHBeaver0@aol.com] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 7:21 PM To: seesat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com Subject: Photos of shuttle OK...may have asked this question a year ago, but need a refresh!: First, can large bright sats (Shuttle, ISS and Mir) be PHOTOGRAPHED? (as opposed to video). second....what films, exposure times, etc. I have the Meade LX-10 (8 inch), variable-zoom camera adapter, and 26mm eyepiece. (I can take photos with just the camera or eyepiece projection too). Which is best. Dont forget, Im doing this hand-tracked. Hopefully I can try for STS-92/ISS. Ill go out tonight (7:45 eastrn, NYC), with the telescope and try with the camera/eyepiece...at least to see what it looks like, maybe try a snapshot, ASA 800 film @ 250th second. Ill post later to let everyone know my obs. -Ben ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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