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(Message started by: Jimmy B. on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 7:47am)

Title: Anybody else catch the International Space Station
Post by Jimmy B. on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 7:47am

It went directly overhead from 5:43pm to 5:47pm EST, last night. Not sure how much of the U.S. had a view.

Me & my daughter went to check it out & what a site it was. Came into view in the southwest sky and streaked across the sky in a few minutes.

I just got a camera adaptor for my telescope, but it was going too fast to get a read on my scope, or a good picture :(

Spaced out Jimmy

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by LeLimey on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 7:51am

I'd love to see something like that Jimmy.. I'm glad you got to see it even if you weren't able to capture it on film :)

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by totka2 on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 8:12am

Here is a nice Java applet http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/JavaSSOP.html It calculates visibility of the ISS.

PF

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by AussieBrian on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 8:15am

Onya, Jim. Our weather is clearing at long bloody last so we're hoping to catch it soon.

What about Jupiter and Mars in the night sky just now - almost scarey! Reached up to touch them and was that close.

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by Jimmy B. on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 8:17am

on 11/03/05 at 07:51:51, LeLimey wrote:

I'd love to see something like that Jimmy.. I'm glad you got to see it even if you weren't able to capture it on film :)

I'm trying to get my daughter involved in stargazing...makes for some guiet quality time with her. She's 18 now...so anytime she wants to spend time with her Dad, is appreciated ;;D

Thanks for the site...Totka!

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by Jimmy B. on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 8:19am

on 11/03/05 at 08:15:19, AussieBrian wrote:

What about Jupiter and Mars in the night sky just now - almost scarey! Reached up to touch them and was that close.

That's the main reason I got the adaptor...trying to get a good shot of Mars...and I'm running out of time. I can't get the exposure right...but give me time.

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by zanychef on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 9:04am

i've never managed to jump high enough to catch it :(;)

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 9:18am

on 11/03/05 at 08:19:43, Jimmy B. wrote:

That's the main reason I got the adaptor...trying to get a good shot of ~~Mars...~~ the neighbors wife.

Fixed it for you. ;;D

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by zanychef on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 9:19am

[smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by Jimmy B. on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 9:57am

on 11/03/05 at 09:18:47, ExplodingEyeBall wrote:

Fixed it for you. ;;D

Shhhh. The wife looks at this site. Don't want her to know my secrets.;;D

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by Rock_Lobster on Nov 3^rd, 2005, 2:41pm

Seen it a number of times. It is fun taking a handful of people out of the country club at exactly such & such time and saying 'watch that way'.

Hit that link that Totka posted... you can see it often.

Next really good one at my loc is Friday twilight.

Title: Re: Anybody else catch the International Space Sta
Post by Charlie on Nov 4^th, 2005, 12:47am

I remember 1957 watching Sputnik from our front yard. The entire world watched Sputnik and our launch pad explosions in 1958 before we got out of the atmosphere.

Thems wuz the daze. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/frisbee.gif

Charlie