Great ISS/Moon Photo

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• Humanoido Posts: 5,770

  2012-01-08 02:29 edited 2012-01-08 02:29

  erco wrote: »

  http://www.space.com/14167-amazing-sky-photos-space-station-moon-jupiter.html
  More info at http://news.yahoo.com/amazing-sky-photos-show-space-station-near-moon-191302428.html
  ISS sightings near you: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html
  And last, the coolest Java applet ever: J Track 3D shows all the satellites & space junk. Click & drag to rotate, shift-click or Ctrl-click to zoom: http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html

  
  Erco, with this interest you need a telescope. It's remarkable what a good telescope can resolve, not only in showing the space station but other objects too. I've seen and captured detail on scientific payloads, high altitude balloons, conjunctions, occultations, transits, lunar strikes and solar system effects. Deep sky is a whole new chapter.
• erco Posts: 20,261

  2012-01-08 08:42 edited 2012-01-08 08:42

  Great to hear from you again, H!
  
  My real interest is being UP there on the ISS, moreso than looking at it from down here.
  
  I can't be the only Forumista here who ever applied to NASA to be a mission specialist astronaut...! Many moons ago, literally. Dream big !
  
  I would have stood a better chance if I flew F-15s instead of C-152s.
• Ttailspin Posts: 1,326

  2012-01-08 09:13 edited 2012-01-08 09:13

  I would have stood a better chance if I flew F-15s instead of C-152s.

  Also maybe the drawings of the "Hot Wheels" version of the ISS might have put them off a bit..?
  
  Would I need the same power of telescope to see the earth from the moon?
  Do the same air and light pollution problems come into play when the telescope is on the moon looking at the earth?
  
  
  -Tommy
• erco Posts: 20,261

  2012-01-08 09:26 edited 2012-01-08 09:26

  Ttailspin wrote: »

  Also maybe the drawings of the "Hot Wheels" version of the ISS might have put them off a bit..?
  
  -Tommy

  
  Don't laugh. When the first Mars rover landed, my co-worker did the "Action Pack" toy version:
  
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hot-Wheels-Action-Pack-Sojourner-Mars-Rover-/110805324846?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item19cc83142e
  
  For this, he made it into People magazine TWICE. First for doing it, then again for being one of People's "100 Most Interesting People of the Year".
  
  This while the real heroes at JPL toiled in virtual anonymity!
• Ttailspin Posts: 1,326

  2012-01-08 09:49 edited 2012-01-08 09:49

  Thats better then the real thing to a 8 to 12 year old... Never mind, I want one... ebay here I come..
  
  
  -Tommy
• erco Posts: 20,261

  2012-01-08 09:56 edited 2012-01-08 09:56

  http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122811,00.html