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bassfingers

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"...but some of us are looking at the stars..."
« 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://www.heavens-above.com/orbitdisplay.asp?satid=25544&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET
 
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bigredbass

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"...but some of us are looking at the stars..."
« Reply #1 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!
 
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glocke

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"...but some of us are looking at the stars..."
« Reply #2 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...