WOW @ the space station & shuttle.

kinetic747 · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:42

I saw it also although without a scope it just looks like bright star moving pretty quickly.

Camalot · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:42

Me and my mom just seen it!

You KNOW when you see it, it looked like a very bright star moving quickly accross the sky. Looked bigger than the average star, then it just faded away.

It was really cool to see it

Anyone got picture of the exact space station we seen? My mom and i would like to see.

Spanker · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:42

Just been out, looked like a star but moving very, very fast. Thanks to the O/P :cool:

speedyj · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:43

Its pretty amazing when you consider how far away it is

Sp!ke · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:44

Camalot said:
Anyone got picture of the exact space station we seen? My mom and i would like to see.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/space-station-iss.jpg

Bigger one.
http://www.space.gov.za/pics/iss_artist.jpg

Dharok · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:46

Yeah that was cool

Just saw it when I was out having a cigarette by chance.
What was weird was how it slowly got duller and duller until I could no longer see it, quite amazing.

Logsi · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:47

That was cool!

Was well fast and bigger than expected!

Josh

stevenazari1 · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:49

I could see the shuttle with it - there was 2 lights, one brighter than the other - guess the bigger one was the station.

Five_Star · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:50

I've see it!1!!

Grrr, hate you all why rubbish weather up here

guess there is always next week

stevenazari1 · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:52

tomorrow actually.

FreeStream · 10 Feb 2008 at 18:59

Here's what I got from tonights pass:

Bloody LHR traffic in the way

VaderDSL · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:01

Awesome shot

absolutely love it.

JIM_BOB7813 · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:03

I just took a photo of an Iridium flare

larger crop here
Can't do any longer than 8 seconds on my camera though

JIM_BOB7813 · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:05

Concorde Rules said:
Here's what I got from tonights pass:
Bloody LHR traffic in the way

Fantastic shot, the plane makes it look like there are loads more stars

I actually thought they were stars at first glance

Plane must have been quite low?

Five_Star · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:06

those photos are ace, much better than mine lol

FreeStream · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:07

JIM_BOB7813 said:
Fantastic shot, the plane makes it look like there are loads more stars I actually thought they were stars at first glance
Plane must have been quite low?

Landing Traffic, about 1500-2000FT IIRC :confused:

Scuzi knows the height better than me, only cos he lived 500m North of me for a while

Camalot · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:08

Sp!ke said:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/space-station-iss.jpg

Bigger one.
http://www.space.gov.za/pics/iss_artist.jpg

Thankyou

I'm going back out tomorrow to see it again, says its going to be visable for 2 minutes again, 06:56 PM

No-One · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:13

What camera/settings/lenses are you guys using?

FreeStream · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:22

No-One said:
What camera/settings/lenses are you guys using?

Canon EOS 40D
Canon EF-S 10-22

ISO 160
Shutter speed: BULB (controlled using MacBook Pro + software) was 90 seconds for that shot.
F5.6 IIRC

No-One · 10 Feb 2008 at 19:25

Hmm. I've got a 400D with the kit lens and a Sigma 70-300 APO DG. Might have to get the tripod out and have a go one night