Many of you know that I'm an astronomer of sorts.  This was passed to me by one of my friends.  The orbiter is left of the space station.



Here is the telescope that was  used to take the image

That's such an amazing photo Cindi.....I'd definitely charge to make people see that picture!   Wonderful!!!  My gosh...we are indeed so insignificant in the vast space between heaven and infinity....

Did you build that scope?

tinkerbell

Nope.  My scopes are of a different type.  This particular scope is one that I've had on my wish list for some time.  But I can't come up with the 15K to buy one. 

Cindi

Isn't science Amazing!

What a fantastic photo Cindi...

Becky

i still think space exploration is an amazing accomplishment.  ive always been into it since the mercury program.  keep thinking i need to get a telescope  to see some of the wonders in space.  thank you cindi for the picture.

hugs and    amber

So you are saying that the moon landing may not have been faked after all?  That we can actually get up into space?  LOL, kidding.  It is a beautiful picture.  I just wish I could hitch a ride up one day, even if it happened to be only a few minutes in space, I would die a very happy girl.

Thank you for posting that pic.

Amazing photo Cindi

It kinda looks like a witch on a broomstick, with her hair flying in the wind (yes, I know there isn't any wind in space), does it to anyone else?

I sent the pic to a friend of mine.  The subject:  ISS sun transit

He emails me back and asks, "What is that in the background?"



Of course I made fun of him in my reply.  What are friends for?

Way cool picture

Cool cows too    (Had to say that 'cause 1. I'm a country girl   2. I didn't think it was fair the cows got left out of the conversation) LOL

Excellent photo!

A good telescope to start out with is a 6-8" Dobsonian. I got mine a few years ago and have seen some pretty neat things with it. I've tried solar observing (with a very dark filter!!!!) but that seems to require that the filter is perfectly optically flat; all I could see was a blurry disk.

Quote from: umop ap!sdn on September 22, 2006, 11:38:53 AM
Excellent photo!

A good telescope to start out with is a 6-8" Dobsonian. I got mine a few years ago and have seen some pretty neat things with it. I've tried solar observing (with a very dark filter!!!!) but that seems to require that the filter is perfectly optically flat; all I could see was a blurry disk.

umop!sadsa#asdf n{saf  or however you spell it.... ,

Yup.  Those are the best to start with.  It's too bad I didn't follow that advice when I first started out.  I spent a lot of money needlessly on stuff that I ended up selling.

Cindi

Great photo.

Sarah L.

Quote from: Cindianna_Jones on September 22, 2006, 11:45:43 AMumop!sadsa#asdf n{saf  or however you spell it.... ,

LOL. Turn your monitor 180°.

QuoteYup.  Those are the best to start with.  It's too bad I didn't follow that advice when I first started out.  I spent a lot of money needlessly on stuff that I ended up selling.

Yeah.

But then when one really gets into amateur astronomy they can find themselves spending a lot of money on accessories & stuff.

QuotePosted By: umop ap!sdn

LOL.  Turn your monitor 180°.

That's brilliant and very descriptive.

Jessica

Quote from: Cindianna_Jones on September 22, 2006, 03:58:39 AM
Many of you know that I'm an astronomer of sorts.  This was passed to me by one of my friends.  The orbiter is left of the space station.

Oh my, that is SO cool!

How long was it in front of the sun? I'm guessing they didn't have much time for that shot...

Quote from: Kate on September 22, 2006, 03:18:14 PM

Oh my, that is SO cool!

How long was it in front of the sun? I'm guessing they didn't have much time for that shot...

What they did was to calculate the precise moment when the ISS would cross the surface of the sun as viewed from their lattitude and longitude.  This is a lot easier now than when I had to do that sort of thing with a slide rule.  Then they get a gps reference for exact timing.  They started exposures a second before the anticipated transit and shot 14 frames as fast as the camera would process them.  They used a Canon Rebel.  Other than the timing, a new Canon camera, and the 6 angstrom filter, the shot is fairly low tech.

Yea  right.   Predicting a transit within a second... low tech
A digital camera that can shoot 14 shots within the space of 3 seconds... low tech
A 6 angsrom filter that someone can actually afford... this is freakin unbelieveable.

We live in an amazing world folks.  It is astounding how wonderful it is to live in this time and place.... while we still have the ability to have a grasp of how all this stuff works.  There will come a time when it will take a specialist to actually know how a clothes iron works.

Cindi

Quote from: Cindianna_Jones on September 22, 2006, 05:31:38 PMA 6 angsrom filter that someone can actually afford... this is freakin unbelieveable.

Is it hydrogen alpha?