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Took some images of the ISS (with Discovery docked) pass tonight from Talking Rock, GA. The first ones are a bit off level because the camera was "piggybacked" on my 6" reflector on an equatorial mount. I did that so as not to get any star trails. I'm going to rotate and crop them in a bit, but I also like these as they show a wide angle. The last two are the best and capture the ISS at it's brightest. There are a couple mysterious objects in there as well. The light polution is from the town of East Ellijay, about 8 miles to the north.
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CalSky.com has added STS-119 (Space Shuttle Discovery) and the Kepler satellite to their database. To find sighting opportunities in your area, go to http://www.calsky.com, enter your location and store using your email address. Once you have your location setup you can view a list of passes by using the following links.
Kepler:http://www.calsky.com/csephem.cgi?&object=Satellite&number=34380
STS-119:http://www.calsky.com/csephem.cgi?&object=Satellite&number=99999
For me there are passes this evening of both satellites, but the clouds are thick. If you happen to use this info and are able to capture any passes, please let me know and I will be sure to post here.
[stephen]
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Discovery is set to launch today at 7:43 p.m. on a mission to the ISS. Don't miss this one! We are seeing some of the last of the Space Shuttle missions now, so this is a must see! Here's some high(er) resolution video feeds for NASA TV provided by Yahoo. If you are going to watch online these are better than the link on NASA's site.
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Edit: Woops! That should be STS-119. Thanks for pointing that out, TaviGreiner.
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