Spot the Space Station

[gratus fermentatio]

Aurora Australis, as seen from the ISS.

 

[passedpawn]

That's cool!

 

[Quadrupled]

Awesome

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Composite of ISS transiting the sun. Courtesy NASA.

 

[Quadrupled]

Composite of a TIE Fighter transiting the Death Star. Courtesy of The Empire.

Fixed

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

What it says......

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Just an FYI: There will be a combination super moon (harvest moon) & lunar eclipse this Sunday evening 09/27/15. Here's some info on it:
http://www.space.com/30629-supermoon-lunar-eclipse-tetrad.html
Regards, GF.

 

[passedpawn]

Man, I hope we have clear skies! Thanks, gratus.

 

[bob1852]

Man, I hope we have clear skies! Thanks, gratus.

Skies will be crystal clear here.

It should be interesting, as the moon will already be in partial eclipse by the time it rises here.

I should take some pictures - usually these damn blood moons happen at ~3am....it'll be nice to not have to stay up so late to shoot this.

 

[unionrdr]

Makes me wish I wasn't in the city. Too much light pollution. Might break out the powerhog & tripod anyway?

 

[passedpawn]

Dammit. We're on the tail end of our monsoon season.

 

[bob1852]

Clear here. Just need to find my tripod.

Of course, out west the Eclipse is starting before it gets dark...

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

The moon is just now over the treetops here at my place and coming out of eclipse. Last chance to see a supermoon eclipse until 2033.

 

[ChefRex]

Gray here, it's a bust

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

This is something I threw together in Adobe After Effects back in 2009 and posted to YouTube......

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU-94QB0-gU[/ame]

 

[bob1852]

Too lazy to deal with the rest of the pictures I took, but got to enjoy the whole thing last night. Here it is in full eclipse, with a shot taken every ~6 minutes after that (as you can see my timing was a bit off ) until it ran outta where my lens was pointed, and then the shots stacked with startrails software.

 

[passedpawn]

You guys get some clear skies. Jealous.

 

[bob1852]

Quick progression...

Maybe someday I'll get around to a bit of post-processing (mostly sharpening). These are the raw images; just cropped and grouped..

 

[passedpawn]

So freaking cool. You really have mastered these types of shots.

 

[bob1852]

So freaking cool. You really have mastered these types of shots.

I was able to go back to the files from the April 2014 eclipse and use those settings. I LOVE the properties tabs on these digital files that give you all those settings!

Peak eclipse last night...

 

[ChefRex]

I was able to go back to the files from the April 2014 eclipse and use those settings. I LOVE the properties tabs on these digital files that give you all those settings!

Peak eclipse last night...

Now I've seen a lot more then I did last night, thanks!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I was able to go back to the files from the April 2014 eclipse and use those settings. I LOVE the properties tabs on these digital files that give you all those settings!

Peak eclipse last night...

You'd be amazed at what's contained in those digital files. I designed equipment for color correction and special effects in the film and tv industry. Video that you thought was trash are probably perfect with a couple of tweaks of a button. That equipment use to be hundreds of thousands of dollars and can be done now for free with software.

I've seen many video shots where you fool around with the chroma and something that was washed out white has become visibly vibrant:

http://www.avidblogs.com/filmmaking-why-do-we-need-color-correction/

 

[Quadrupled]

Time for a bump.

 

[unionrdr]

That was kinda weird, but interesting...

 

[Fedora]

I signed up for text alerts a few weeks ago. Yet to pass over when I felt like being awake.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

That was kinda weird, but interesting...

Ill take "What does 2.3 billion in Federal dollars get you?" for $200, Alex.

 

[Mismost]

Ill take "What does 2.3 billion in Federal dollars get you?" for $200, Alex.

My thoughts exactly!! We can build space stations, but can't keep our roads fixed?

 

[Quadrupled]

Ill take "What does 2.3 billion in Federal dollars get you?" for $200, Alex.

My thoughts exactly!! We can build space stations, but can't keep our roads fixed?

Nope, nothing else critical to everyday life spins out of the space program ipe:. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/sci...o-11-moon-landing-top-15-Nasa-inventions.html). Other activities are going on while demonstrating this phenomenon.

Is putting an antacid into a sphere of floating colored water going to turn out one of these items...nope. Is this going to help inspire school kids ...maybe.

Bear in mind, as a scientist and a father trying to show my kids fun science experiments, I'm certainly biased.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Nope, nothing else critical to everyday life spins out of the space program ipe:.

This isn't the 1960's and 1970's.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Just an FYI: The Geminids meteor shower will peak this weekend 12/13-12/15, Peak rate 120 ZHR predicted.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/geminid-meteors-in-2015-120820154/
Regards, GF.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Thought somebody might be interested in this:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream
Regards, GF.

 

[passedpawn]

Thought somebody might be interested in this:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream
Regards, GF.

That's pretty cool. Thanks. Not only is it a live video stream, but I was really surprised when ground control started giving instructions and the russian shuttle occupant was responding, something about a valve and pressurization and all sorts of stuff. Then it went silent again.

 

[Quadrupled]

Thought somebody might be interested in this:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream
Regards, GF.

Cool, I'll take a look.

I've posted this a few pages ago, but I find it so cool that they see 16 sunrises and sunsets every day ("Since the station orbits the Earth once every 90 minutes, it experiences a sunrise or a sunset about every 45 minutes."). May get old, however.

Astronaut day 1: God, this is absolutely the most majestical thing I've ever seen...

Astronaut year 1: Oh cool, today's taco Tuesday!

 

[passedpawn]

ISS Commander Chris Hadfield landed this morning. IMO the best version of this David Bowie song ever. I don't know why I feel so strongly about this, but damn, this guy is in outer space. I'm really wowed. Canada should be proud!

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

Bump for David Bowie!

 

[Dan]

Indeed! As soon as I heard of his passing I thought of this song and Passedpawn. The two go hand in hand, in my mind. [emoji3]

 

[passedpawn]

ISS astronaut Scott Kelly watches the superbowl live. Reminds me of when my brother and I used to sneak into the Mud Hens stadium all the time without paying.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Just thought some of you might be interested in the NEO asteroid passing Earth on 03/05/16.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4888

Also, RIP Edgar Mitchell:
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/apollo-astronaut-edgar-mitchell-dies-at-age-85
Regards, GF.

 

[Fedora]

Spotted the ISS for the first time last night. Really cool stuff.

 

[passedpawn]

A dead chinese rocket or other space junk decided to come home last night. Pretty spectacular light show for some people in the west.

 

[unionrdr]

INCOMIIIIING! Looks like it might get over Asia before coming to Earth?