I was hoping to get a shot fo the ISS, followed by Discovery on Saturday, but the launch was scrubbed due to weather. I did get a shot of the ISS on Saturday though.


...and I took 20 of the images (most are kind of blurry, I need to try a faster shutter speed next time and mad a small animation of the pass.



Tom
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I'm continually amazed that such shots are even possible.

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wicked pic,, its the second time that i see it posted on the net , lucky you to have it fly above ..:P

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Man Wow, i tell you it is amazing Outstanding capture of this event!

Tom that's a stunning capture.

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Thanks guys! Glad you like it. I wish the ISS/Shuttle were going to make some more passes, but then again, we have clouds here for the week. It's in the period now where all passes are in daylight so it can't be seen, then it once again comes up again early in the morning before sunrise in the very end of July. I'm a night person, so getting up at 4am just doesn't work very well for me - yeah, I'm a slacker astronomer!

Tom
www.eastsideastro.org/observatory
("spacecraft" on the Images menu for more shots like this that I've taken)

Very nice. You also made are the first mention on spaceweather.com.

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absolutely splendid, Tom !

and a great website too!

thanks for sharing

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Fantastic!

I wouldn't even know where to begin to capture such an image.

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I have a description on my web page here that has a descripton of how to do it. Not too hard, but it may take a few times to get a good shot. I've been doing this for a while, and still screw up now and then!

Tom

oh wow!


Simply amazing!

Thats so cool!

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Why is it spinning like that? Is that what it really looks like in space? WOW!

Actually, it's not spinning. Think of looking at an airplane flying over with a pair of binoculars. As it comes toward you, it appears to rotate around so you see the front of the plane, then the middle and finally the tail as it passes away from you. This is the same thing with the ISS since it kind of "flies" the same way, but the living quarters are always paralell with the earth so it only appears to rotate.

Well that thing just zipped by me last night. One man stopped, positioned himself in the same direction as I, and looked up to the sky, too. I pointed out to him what I was looking at, and he replied, "Oh, I thought something was wrong with you."

You are a very good photographer. Thank you, sir, for sharing.

I always think it's funny when I see the ISS pass over. Sometimes I don't even know what time it is supposed to pass, but I see it and know that is what it is since it's the only thing that bright in the sky moving West to East.
I have shown it to people and often I get the response "You can't see the space station, it's out in space!". I then explain for a few minutes and hopefully make them realize that it can be seen. *sigh*
Tom