Rare double satellite pass

Pie · 03-10-2006, 10:35 AM

Beautiful!

Elspode · 03-10-2006, 01:45 PM

Couldn't make 'em out on the posted pic, but the giant .tif shows them really well! Might try to blacken the background a bit, though.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-10-2006, 07:55 PM

That may be your monitor. The posted pic on mine is as black as possible and I can make them out, but it's not easy.

Pretty damn good shooting with 10 minutes to get ready and a 10 second window, plus a huge amount of sky where they weren't. Make that man a sniper.

Elspode · 03-11-2006, 07:29 PM

You are absolutely right, Bruce. I just looked at it here on my much nicer 19" HP LCD monitor (as opposed to 17" POS at work), and there the tracks are, plain as day. Now I've got to d/l the tiff here, because it will be that much better!

I should have known that NBN knew his shit. I'm a doofus sometimes.

FloridaDragon · 03-13-2006, 09:05 PM

Awesome! I have managed to see a few satellites in the distant past (usually when up in the mountains of Colorado) but have never captured any on film. Too much light pollution where I am now but I still want to get a new telescope one of these days anyway.

Orion in the upper right sure makes a good reference point

03-10-2006, 10:35 AM	#1
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Beautiful! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-10-2006, 01:45 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Couldn't make 'em out on the posted pic, but the giant .tif shows them really well! Might try to blacken the background a bit, though. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-10-2006, 07:55 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That may be your monitor. The posted pic on mine is as black as possible and I can make them out, but it's not easy. Pretty damn good shooting with 10 minutes to get ready and a 10 second window, plus a huge amount of sky where they weren't. Make that man a sniper. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 03-10-2006 at 07:58 PM.

03-11-2006, 07:29 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	You are absolutely right, Bruce. I just looked at it here on my much nicer 19" HP LCD monitor (as opposed to 17" POS at work), and there the tracks are, plain as day. Now I've got to d/l the tiff here, because it will be that much better! I should have known that NBN knew his shit. I'm a doofus sometimes. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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03-13-2006, 09:05 PM	#5
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	Awesome! I have managed to see a few satellites in the distant past (usually when up in the mountains of Colorado) but have never captured any on film. Too much light pollution where I am now but I still want to get a new telescope one of these days anyway. Orion in the upper right sure makes a good reference point

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