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Title: "...but some of us are looking at the stars..."
Post by: bassfingers on February 09, 2010, 02:54:16 PM

I don't know how many of you are stargazers but here's a  couple of links to track the Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station as it orbits our wee planet.
 
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/ (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/)
 
http://www.heavens-above.com/orbitdisplay.asp?satid=25544&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET
 
Simon.

Title: "...but some of us are looking at the stars..."
Post by: bigredbass on February 10, 2010, 12:09:37 AM

If you can catch this going overhead, and you're fortunate enough for it to happen just before/after dawn or sunset, it's an amazing sight.
 
Several missions back, the local TV weatherman advised what time and from what direction it would pass over Nashville.  Sure enough, I went outside got my bearings and waited.  Saw it passing from SW to NE from horizon to horizon, one hell of a reflection as it was still in sunlight at altitude versus my being in dusk on the ground.  17,500 miles looks REAL fast from the ground!
 
J o e y

Title: "...but some of us are looking at the stars..."
Post by: glocke on February 10, 2010, 01:03:01 AM

Cool...Im a stargazer, even own a fairly decent scope (ETX 125) although I havent had a chance to use it for over a year...