Spot the Space Station

[bob1852]

Do you have a remote shutter release? Intervalometer feature (time lapse)? What software do you use for stacking?

I've a remote shutter release but haven't used it.

The intervalometer on my Nikon D5100 is really good!

I've been using http://www.startrails.de/html/software.html for stacking.

I really want a super wide angle lens now.

 

[passedpawn]

I've a remote shutter release but haven't used it.

The intervalometer on my Nikon D5100 is really good!

I've been using http://www.startrails.de/html/software.html for stacking.

I really want a super wide angle lens now.

Me too. I've got a 17mm for my Canon, but I've looked at the 12 and 14 primes. Very nice.

I've seen a demo of that software. It allows a dark reference to be subtracted from the image stack to remove the average noise over a long exposure. So, make sure to take at least one picture of the exact same duration with the lens cap ON. It doesn't really matter if you move the camera at that point.

Wish my camera had an intervalometer mode. WTF. It's a 7D.

 

[bob1852]

Yeah, I try to remember to do a dark frame before and after shooting star trails. At least that way they're easy to find on the memory card.

 

[John8251]

Brewing a Belgian wit and spotted the space station flying right over us!!! It's the bright dot in the picture (other than the moon)...what a great night for home brewing!!!

 

[+HopSpunge+]

Dam it won't let me sign up on my phone.

 

[bob1852]

Saw it for four minutes tonight. Thought it would be too low in the sky and behind the trees, but it wasn't. And I didn't have my camera set up.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Don't know if anybody has posted this info or not, but you might find it useful:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/satellites/19133199.html

And:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/satellites/Sat-seeing_Tour.html

And the interactive satellite tracker:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/satellites/3304316.html

Regards, GF.

 

[passedpawn]

Don't know if anybody has posted this info or not, but you might find it useful:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/satellites/19133199.html

And:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/satellites/Sat-seeing_Tour.html

And the interactive satellite tracker:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/satellites/3304316.html

Regards, GF.

That site also shows the tracks and estimated viewing times for the shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope. I've got to keep an eye out for those.

 

[bob1852]

I've got a low 4 minute flyover tonight and a couple hours later, a very high, but short (49*, 1 minute) one.

I might head out to the radio tower lookout peak and get some trails from the first one and hopefully get some "close-ups" of the high one with my 500mm.

If the clouds clear off.

 

[hyperboarder]

Great timing on this popping up on the homepage, had a flyover about 10 minutes ago. Really cool to watch.

 

[Hammy71]

Thanks passed. Just signed up.

 

[Quadrupled]

Time: Sun Jun 23 9:12 PM
Visible: 4 min
Max Height: 43 degrees
Appears: W
Disappears: SSE

 

[bob1852]

Damn thing was bright tonight. Stacked images aren't working well since it moves so fast, and long exposures have been tough because of the moon. I,think tomorrow I'm gonna drop the ISO back down to 100, bump the f stop to 22 or so, and take a long single exposure.

I'll post some pics tomorrow of it buzzing by the big dipper. Very cool, even if my photog skills are struggling with this....

 

[bob1852]

Here's my latest crappy attempts.

13 second single exposure

3 second single exposure by the Big Dipper

Failed attempt at stacking because this thing moves fast!!

 

[passedpawn]

Crappy? I think those are excellent AZ.

 

[Quadrupled]

Failed attempt at stacking because this thing moves fast!!

The first thing that popped in my head was Space Invaders.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I've signed up for the alerts. And I'm gonna buy an air rifle.

 

[Col_klink]

You'd like this then. Unglamorous Space Catastrophes That You'll Never See in a Movie they talk about the very real dangers of interstellar plumbing mishaps.

"frozen poop bullets and peecicles" --- cracked me up!

 

[LAHammer]

Another web site for ISS, Hubble and all things flying overhead - www.heavens-above.com. You can plug in your location then look for ISS or Hubble (HST) or all visible satellites. There is a bunch of stuff flying over that you can actually spot during early evening. The ISS is pretty amazing, though.

 

[bucfanmike]

If you dont have the skyview phone app, you must try it. The free version tracks several objects including the ISS the paid version tracks almost everything. When you open the app it opens you camera and gives you the names of whatever object you are pointing towards. It does layovers of constellations and even works "through" the ground to track objects on the other side of the world. Its a great hit when we are camping and watching for the iss flyovers.

 

[tracyk]

I use heavens above all the time looking for Hubble which just had a great flyover last night and the ISS. I live out in the country, so the other night I saw a couple of dozen satellites flying overhead. With ISS there is definite elongation in one direction verses the other when it is flying overhead.

 

[passedpawn]

"Where mankind goes, alcohol is sure to follow"


Sapporo in Japan brewed beer from barley grown in the ISS...

http://www.universetoday.com/21980/cheers-japanese-brewery-produces-space-beer/#more-21980
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So, we'll be drinking beer in space! Oops, not so quick. There's the "wet burp" syndrome in space. Due to the lack of gravity, it's difficult to burp without barfing. But good news! Our great brewing friends down under found a solution to that problem:

http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/space-beer-reaches-final-frontier-110303.htm
http://vostokspacebeer.com/​

 

[Quadrupled]

How to wash your hair on the ISS...or how to obtain Medusa-like hair in a few low g steps.

 

[Quadrupled]

Space barbers wear zuma pants!

 

[Quadrupled]

"The deepest darkest secret of space flight"

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Time: Thu Jul 18 5:07 AM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 49 degrees, Appears: SSW, Disappears: ENE

Buggar! I'll be at work!! Can I put a request in to NASA to adjust their schedule?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

"The deepest darkest secret of space flight"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1wwzwvfsC0

I didn't watch the video. I didn't need to. I know what a magnum sized penis enlarger looks like, and that was one, right there.

 

[Quadrupled]

I didn't watch the video. I didn't need to. I know what a magnum sized penis enlarger looks like, and that was one, right there.

I always enjoy an LGI post/thread, and this didn't dissapoint...holy hell is that funny!

 

[Quadrupled]

VERY last minute, but for the SW suburbs of Chicago:

Time: Sun Aug 04 9:37 PM
Visible: 6 min
Max Height: 62 degrees
Appears: SW
Disappears: ENE

 

[Airplanedoc]

Space barbers wear zuma pants!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HnWG19CFDE

And we also know what happened to the flowbee