Monday, September 24, 2007
Watching the ISS zip past Jupier
The ISS zipped past Jupiter and Antares tonight. I was able to watch it as it zoomed by. The fairly low grade video below gives a feel for what it was like.
The sky was in twilight, halfway between Civil and Nautical. Antares and Jupiter were obvious in the darkling sky, with Mercury and Spica below. The last of the birdsong was in the air as the bright spark of the ISS climbed up from the horizon.
First slowly, then more quickly. It skipped above Antares, nearly occulting Tau Scorpii, then above Jupiter (click on the image at the left to enlarge it, the image is an overlay of three separate exposures) and off across the sky. As its final encore, the ISS grazed Altair.
I never tire of watching the ISS, there is a special something about knowing there are people up there, living and working on the edge of space. Having the bright ISS come close to so many bright objects is a bonus, that makes it even more special.
The sky was in twilight, halfway between Civil and Nautical. Antares and Jupiter were obvious in the darkling sky, with Mercury and Spica below. The last of the birdsong was in the air as the bright spark of the ISS climbed up from the horizon.
First slowly, then more quickly. It skipped above Antares, nearly occulting Tau Scorpii, then above Jupiter (click on the image at the left to enlarge it, the image is an overlay of three separate exposures) and off across the sky. As its final encore, the ISS grazed Altair.I never tire of watching the ISS, there is a special something about knowing there are people up there, living and working on the edge of space. Having the bright ISS come close to so many bright objects is a bonus, that makes it even more special.
Labels: ISS, Jupiter, Observational Astronomy
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 9:07 pm 
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