ISS photo taken from the ground without telescope

[styckx]

God damn this is cool. Saw it posted on SpaceWeather.com

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g37/styckx/yaron-koler1.jpg

DAYLIGHT STATION SIGHTING: How bright is the International Space Station? It's so bright, you can now see it in broad daylight. Yesterday, June 4th, Yaron Koler photographed the station framed in blue as it zipped past the Moon in the afternoon skies of Modiin, Israel:

"I used a Canon 500D with a 1.4x Kenko Telephoto Converter Lens," says Koler.

[PapaBear]

He says he used a tele converter, but doesn't say what lens. That's no help at all.

[cougarjake13]

looks cool enough

[sr71blackbird]

Did he die?

[boosterp]

That is very cool. I love space shit.

[jab]

thats fucking awesome.

that moon is crazy large.

[~Katja~]

He says he used a tele converter, but doesn't say what lens. That's no help at all.

it says it works best with 200-500 mm lenses

[PapaBear]

The space station is supposed to be particularly bright tonight. High in the north sky at 10:45PM (14 minutes from now).

[styckx]

Didn't see it but snapped a pic of the nice full moon instead

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g37/styckx/moon.jpg

[~Katja~]

Didn't see it but snapped a pic of the nice full moon instead

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g37/styckx/moon.jpg


why did I think you used a rebel? I thought that was the latest camera you had picked up for some reason...

[styckx]

why did I think you used a rebel? I thought that was the latest camera you had picked up for some reason...

I have it still, but you may remember the story about me breaking it in Vermont by slipping on ice taking pics riverside. I never got it fixed. I just purchased a Canon S5IS instead for the interim till I make my next DSLR purchase.

[~Katja~]

I have it still, but you may remember the story about me breaking it in Vermont by slipping on ice taking pics riverside. I never got it fixed. I just purchased a Canon S5IS instead for the interim till I make my next DSLR purchase.

its really a great "snapshot" for a camera of that size. I am impressed! I think you can get a lot out of it, really great!

[styckx]

its really a great "snapshot" for a camera of that size. I am impressed! I think you can get a lot out of it, really great!

I posted quite a few pics I've taken with it in the photography thread here. It's not a DSLR but I'm impressed with it for what it actually does. As you know though any camera is only as good as the person behind it (not to gloat at all.. No seriously).

It's getting me by

http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=49043&page=3

[Snoogans]

this is my kinda fuckin thread

[PapaBear]

It was a cool view tonight. I've seen it before but it was really bright tonight (thought there were some clouds). I was impressed by how fast it passes. It was visible for only about one minute.

[Furtherman]

Red Alert!

All hands, brace for impact!

Debris threat may push space station crew into escape pod

December 1, 2009 12:13 p.m. EST

NASA
International Space Station
(CNN) -- NASA is tracking a piece of space debris that may lead the international space station's two-man crew to move to an escape pod, a spokesman said Tuesday.

NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries said Mission Control on Monday night told the astronaut and cosmonaut aboard the station that it was tracking a piece of debris from a Russian Cosmos satellite that appears likely to come near the space station.

Mission Control told the men that it would wake them up if they needed to take shelter in the Soyuz craft, Humphries said. He said it was too late to maneuver away from the debris.

Humphries said the debris has been "very difficult to track."

"We're waiting to get some more data before we make any action," he said.

On its Web site, NASA said it estimated that the debris would approach around 1:19 p.m. ET.

That's less than 10 minutes from now...

[biggestmexi]

Red Alert!

All hands, brace for impact!



That's less than 10 minutes from now...

#
The piece of debris from a Russian Cosmos satellite is not a threat to the ISS and the crew will not need to movie into the Soyuz.
about 30 mins ago

[Furtherman]

OK, then. You can all relax.

[KingGeno]

Two cunts crashing a whitehouse party are more important than this on the news.

[SatCam]

That debris was no accident.............

[Chigworthy]

I watched the space station go over the other night. It was conceptually cool, but really it just looked like a fast-moving star.