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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Space Station and Space Shuttle: Backyard View
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Space Station and Space Shuttle: Backyard View
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Knowing when and where [ http://www.heavens-…] to look, many enthusiastic sky gazers have been able to spot the International Space Station (ISS) as a bright star streaking [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] through the twilight. But with a digital camera and a small telescope, recognizable images are possible [ http://www.hobbyspa…] too. Astronomer Ricardo Borba offers this example [ http://www.borba.co…] of the Space Shuttle Discovery [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] docked with the ISS [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], recorded this August from his backyard in Ottawa, Canada. Operating a digital video camera on an 8 inch reflecting telescope, Borba tracked the Earth-orbiting pair by hand. Unwanted telescope motion and atmospheric blurring [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] caused most of the video frames to be indistinct, still the single best frame (left) from his video sequence is amazingly sharp. For comparison, he constructed a computer generated image (right) showing the approximate orientation of the Shuttle/ISS docking configuration based on virtual 3D models [ http://vesuvius.jsc…] available on the web [ http://spaceflight.…].
Explanation
Knowing when and where [ http://www.heavens-…] to look, many enthusiastic sky gazers have been able to spot the International Space Station (ISS) as a bright star streaking [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] through the twilight. But with a digital camera and a small telescope, recognizable images are possible [ http://www.hobbyspa…] too. Astronomer Ricardo Borba offers this example [ http://www.borba.co…] of the Space Shuttle Discovery [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] docked with the ISS [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], recorded this August from his backyard in Ottawa, Canada. Operating a digital video camera on an 8 inch reflecting telescope, Borba tracked the Earth-orbiting pair by hand. Unwanted telescope motion and atmospheric blurring [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] caused most of the video frames to be indistinct, still the single best frame (left) from his video sequence is amazingly sharp. For comparison, he constructed a computer generated image (right) showing the approximate orientation of the Shuttle/ISS docking configuration based on virtual 3D models [ http://vesuvius.jsc…] available on the web [ http://spaceflight.…]. Explanation
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Credit and Copyright:
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Ricardo Borba [ mailto:clearskies@bo rba.com ]
Credit_and_Copyright
Ricardo Borba [ mailto:clearskies@bo rba.com ]
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space shuttle
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space shuttle
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international space station
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international space station
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camera
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sts-105
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Canada
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Canada
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Ottawa
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Ottawa
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Earth
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Earth
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Space Shuttle
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Space Shuttle
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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International Space Station (ISS)
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International Space Station (ISS)
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original url:
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UID:
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SPD-APOD-ap011012
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SPD-APOD-ap011012
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