[AZ-Observing] Re: International Space Station Moon Transit This Thursday at 11:14 p.m.
- From: "Bill VanOrden" <beevo1@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:26:27 -0700
So, who's planning on doing this and what is the favored site?
Tom, do you have a map showing the line farther to the southeast or is the end
of the line the end of the visibility path?
I want to have a go at this. I tried one a few years ago and was somewhat
successful. One of the kids with us, kicked the camera tripod 30 seconds
before ingress. LOL
Beevo (aka Bill VanOrden)
K7BVO
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Polakis
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] International Space Station Moon Transit This Thursday
at 11:14 p.m.
Within a mile or so of a centerline stretching from Fountain Hills through
Apache Junction, the Space Station can be seen to pass in front of the nearly
Full Moon on the 17th. I have been scoping out sites with Google Earth, and
posted an overview and four potential sites at this link.
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/4100/5xnw.jpg
Go to the Web site http://www.calsky.com/ for detailed maps of this event.
Admittedly, Space Station transits of the sun and moon are not much to look at
visually, typically lasting all of a half second. If you have a webcam or dSLR
that can do multiple frames per second, you can come away with some interesting
results, like these.
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/95364577
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/124139000
Tom
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