MikeA
04-30-2010, 02:12 PM
Doesn't have much to do with the Eagles or Music (unless it be the Dark Side Of The Moon) but thought I'd share this. It is a time lapse group of photos that I took last night. I used a Cannon Powershot 1300IS camera on a tripod using 1600ASA and a time lapse (aprox 3 seconds).
I had heard that the International Space Station would be visible from our house close to Wichita, Kansas at 9:44 pm WSW at about 45* altitude. It showed up right on time <grin> I took 8 shots of it, one of which failed (thus the gap in the sequence.)
From the individual pictures, I had no trouble telling which bright point was the Space Station since it "moves" in a different direction (sort of south to north) while the stars are moving more or less east to west. Therefore the "star trail" it left was almost at a 90* angle to the trails of the other objects, though only the Space Station showed any noticeable movement in 3 seconds!
Just sort of interesting. I used to do this a LOT when I was practicing telescope building and Astronomical Observation.
I had heard that the International Space Station would be visible from our house close to Wichita, Kansas at 9:44 pm WSW at about 45* altitude. It showed up right on time <grin> I took 8 shots of it, one of which failed (thus the gap in the sequence.)
From the individual pictures, I had no trouble telling which bright point was the Space Station since it "moves" in a different direction (sort of south to north) while the stars are moving more or less east to west. Therefore the "star trail" it left was almost at a 90* angle to the trails of the other objects, though only the Space Station showed any noticeable movement in 3 seconds!
Just sort of interesting. I used to do this a LOT when I was practicing telescope building and Astronomical Observation.