See Endeavour tomorrow (Tuesday) morning
As seen from northern Utah the duo (Endeavour leading ISS) will rise in the west about 4:41 a.m., be about half way up the NW sky about 4:43 and fade from view low in the NE at about 4:46. Let's just hope the weather finally cooperates... patrick
Patrick, You didn't knock on wood. Now you've jinxed the weather. ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, May 30, 2011 4:50:01 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] See Endeavour tomorrow (Tuesday) morning As seen from northern Utah the duo (Endeavour leading ISS) will rise in the west about 4:41 a.m., be about half way up the NW sky about 4:43 and fade from view low in the NE at about 4:46. Let's just hope the weather finally cooperates... patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
The most up-to-date TLEs show there should be about a 40 second difference between them, with Endeavor leading the way. But they should be along just about the same line from WSW to NE. With a fairly wide lens and/or a long exposure time, it should make for a nice photo. And my clear sky clock shows an opening in the clouds for Cache Valley that ends just about the time they pass over. I'll let you know how it goes. Jared
A moderate layer of clouds here in the North, but not enough to keep me from capturing Endeavor and ISS - http://smithplanet.com/astro/earthmoon/satellites/images/endeavor-iss.jpg Jared
That's cool! Were they unattached? Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: Jared Smith <jared@smithplanet.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 5:30 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] See Endeavour tomorrow (Tuesday) morning A moderate layer of clouds here in the North, but not enough to keep me from capturing Endeavor and ISS - http://smithplanet.com/astro/earthmoon/satellites/images/endeavor-iss.jpg Jared _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Oh yes. Endeavor was about 40 seconds ahead of ISS. It's hard to see in the photo (http://smithplanet.com/astro/earthmoon/satellites/images/endeavor-iss.jpg), but there are two distinct tracks. I could barely see them through the cloud cover and had to crank up the ISO and aperture to capture anything at all, thus the high noise. This is a 45 second exposure. Jared On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's cool! Were they unattached? Thanks, Joe
________________________________ From: Jared Smith <jared@smithplanet.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 5:30 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] See Endeavour tomorrow (Tuesday) morning
A moderate layer of clouds here in the North, but not enough to keep me from capturing Endeavor and ISS - http://smithplanet.com/astro/earthmoon/satellites/images/endeavor-iss.jpg
Jared
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Nice picture Jared. No clouds here near SPOC. The thing that impressed me most about the pass was the way ISS burst into view. Whereas evening passes typically have satellites dim and hard to see early in their passages and then brightening as they cross the sky morning passes are just the opposite. One moment ISS was no where to be see and then BAM there is was. Endeavour was nice as well but being so much smaller it was not nearly as bright (as your picture shows). patrick On 31 May 2011, at 05:30, Jared Smith wrote:
A moderate layer of clouds here in the North, but not enough to keep me from capturing Endeavor and ISS - http://smithplanet.com/astro/earthmoon/satellites/images/endeavor-iss.jpg
Jared
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