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the_lone_wolf · 03-03-11, 07:47 PM

Anyone else watching these two whizz over the night sky?

Perhaps I'm a bit of a bumpkin but I think it's f***ing amazing when you consider they're about 340km straight up travelling at a relative 17,200mph!!!

Have a photo, my first ever attempt at this sort of photography...

You can check out when the ISS is flying over at NASA's website:

NASA

03-03-11, 07:59 PM

I watch for satelites going over poretty much every night when i'm out for ma ciggy. Thast a seriously good shot for a first go!

Yesterday I saw two strange things in the sky at disk. First was like a camera flash going off way too high to be a plane and second was a shooting star that was much earlier than I've ever seen one before. It wasn't half way to dusk.

C

Bluepete · 03-03-11, 08:07 PM

I watched the iss last night with my 12 year old daughter. Never seen it before, it was very cool!

Pete

the_lone_wolf · 03-03-11, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berlin

Thast a seriously good shot for a first go!

Cheers dude

D5000 and a cheapy tripod, bulb mode and a few test shots to gauge the right exposure and a bit of a fiddle in photoshop afterwards to bring out the blue in the sky

Quite chuffed myself

03-03-11, 08:43 PM

It does make you feel very small. We have next to no street lighting here and we back onto farmland so it's very dark out back, and when it's really cold and clear the stars are just awesome. You can easily make out so many constellations, the plough and the great bear are easy, the others take a bit more time to figure out.

maviczap · 03-03-11, 08:53 PM

Bit hard to see with 100% cloud cover we've had here

Dave20046 · 03-03-11, 09:27 PM

Is it the big streak on the right or the patch of blue star looking things on the left?
Cool either way though

...just unknown cool.

the_lone_wolf · 03-03-11, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Is it the big streak on the right or the patch of blue star looking things on the left?

LOL

It's the streak

The patch is a little blue as I toned the temperature of the photo in post processing, no idea what the star formation is but it was noticeably bright

Dave20046 · 03-03-11, 09:50 PM

COOL
...thought it was, just testing youz innit

03-03-11, 09:55 PM

It's aliens

03-03-11, 07:47 PM	#1
the_lone_wolf Captain Awesome Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hamble Posts: 4,266	ISS and Discovery Anyone else watching these two whizz over the night sky? Perhaps I'm a bit of a bumpkin but I think it's f***ing amazing when you consider they're about 340km straight up travelling at a relative 17,200mph!!! Have a photo, my first ever attempt at this sort of photography... You can check out when the ISS is flying over at NASA's website: NASA __________________ Official "Dumbass of the Year" 2011 (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Deal with it...

03-03-11, 07:59 PM	#2
Berlin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: ISS and Discovery I watch for satelites going over poretty much every night when i'm out for ma ciggy. Thast a seriously good shot for a first go! Yesterday I saw two strange things in the sky at disk. First was like a camera flash going off way too high to be a plane and second was a shooting star that was much earlier than I've ever seen one before. It wasn't half way to dusk. C

03-03-11, 08:07 PM	#3
Bluepete Member Mega Poster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex motorcyclist Posts: 1,961	Re: ISS and Discovery I watched the iss last night with my 12 year old daughter. Never seen it before, it was very cool! Pete

03-03-11, 08:43 PM	#5
Ed Guest Posts: n/a	Re: ISS and Discovery It does make you feel very small. We have next to no street lighting here and we back onto farmland so it's very dark out back, and when it's really cold and clear the stars are just awesome. You can easily make out so many constellations, the plough and the great bear are easy, the others take a bit more time to figure out.

03-03-11, 08:53 PM	#6
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,096	Re: ISS and Discovery Bit hard to see with 100% cloud cover we've had here __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

03-03-11, 09:27 PM	#7
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	Re: ISS and Discovery Is it the big streak on the right or the patch of blue star looking things on the left? Cool either way though ...just unknown cool. __________________

03-03-11, 09:50 PM	#9
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	Re: ISS and Discovery COOL ...thought it was, just testing youz innit __________________

03-03-11, 09:55 PM	#10
Ed Guest Posts: n/a	Re: ISS and Discovery It's aliens

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