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bassfingers
Advanced Member Username: bassfingers
Post Number: 272 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 2:54 pm: | |
I don't know how many of you are stargazers but here's a couple of links to track the Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station as it orbits our wee planet. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/ http://www.heavens-above.com/orbitdisplay.asp?satid=25544&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET Simon. |
bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass
Post Number: 1357 Registered: 9-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 12:09 am: | |
If you can catch this going overhead, and you're fortunate enough for it to happen just before/after dawn or sunset, it's an amazing sight. Several missions back, the local TV weatherman advised what time and from what direction it would pass over Nashville. Sure enough, I went outside got my bearings and waited. Saw it passing from SW to NE from horizon to horizon, one hell of a reflection as it was still in sunlight at altitude versus my being in dusk on the ground. 17,500 miles looks REAL fast from the ground! J o e y |
glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke
Post Number: 673 Registered: 9-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 1:03 am: | |
Cool...Im a stargazer, even own a fairly decent scope (ETX 125) although I havent had a chance to use it for over a year... |
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