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Steam
8th June 2008, 12:02
Wow, Skyryder, you'll love this link, a guy photographed the shuttle and the space station passing in front of the sun.
Very very cool.

http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/iss_atlantis_transit.html
Skyryder
8th June 2008, 13:06
Wow, Skyryder, you'll love this link, a guy photographed the shuttle and the space station passing in front of the sun.
Very very cool.

http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/iss_atlantis_transit.html


Gota get me one of those..............space stations that is.

Imagine a year round tan.


Skyryder
hazard02
8th June 2008, 13:24
That is amazing. Hello new desktop...
Usarka
8th June 2008, 13:28
They're launching a mission to the sun in 2010.

But don't worry about them getting to hot they'll be going at night.
EJK
8th June 2008, 13:32
Oooh that looks hot
tri boy
8th June 2008, 14:09
That CNN chick has a big row of teeth.
dipshit
8th June 2008, 20:11
I've got the equipment necessary to take close-ups of the sun. (see pic) And have got the software necessary to look up when the ISS or space shuttle will transit the sun (or the moon) as seen from my backyard.

http://www.heavens-above.com/

If only I can remember to bother to keep checking for when a transit is going to take place!
Usarka
8th June 2008, 20:37
fuck that is cool.....
Steam
8th June 2008, 22:22
I've got the equipment necessary to take close-ups of the sun. (see pic)

WOW! You took that?? Freakin cool. Do you have some super-close-ups of moon craters and shadows and stuff? Show us some more!
hazard02
9th June 2008, 17:04
Show us some more!

Seconding this!! I can't wait til I can afford a big fuck-off telescope to stick in my back yard.
scorpious
9th June 2008, 17:11
They're launching a mission to the sun in 2010.

But don't worry about them getting to hot they'll be going at night.

....................ha.....................ha..... .........................ha:doh:
BIHB@0610
9th June 2008, 17:17
Really REALLY cool photo!!!! Hey this might be a really dumb question - but isn't the Sun bigger than that? Was the image constrained by the size of the telescope or something? Apologies in advance if I've got it all completely wrong - I never did get all the physics stuff at school ....... :pinch:
Choco
9th June 2008, 17:23
Thats an awesome pic, Thanks for posting the link!:niceone:
Dave-
9th June 2008, 18:44
eew jpeg...
BiK3RChiK
9th June 2008, 18:52
Now that is WAY cool!!:rockon:
dipshit
9th June 2008, 19:12
WOW! You took that?? Freakin cool. Do you have some super-close-ups of moon craters and shadows and stuff? Show us some more!

Yep, sure did.

3rd-quarter moon...
http://www.photoshare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100366/102111/IMG_6428-100-ul260.jpg

Full moon...
http://www.photoshare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100366/102111/CRW_0022CL275ULn2577.jpg
dipshit
9th June 2008, 19:20
Hey this might be a really dumb question - but isn't the Sun bigger than that?

Remember the space shuttle and ISS is only 500km away. The sun is 150 million kilometres away. Basically if you put the earth up next to the sun it would be about the same size as the dot of the space shuttle in that photo.
BIHB@0610
9th June 2008, 21:11
Remember the space shuttle and ISS is only 500km away. The sun is 150 million kilometres away. Basically if you put the earth up next to the sun it would be about the same size as the dot of the space shuttle in that photo.

OMG someone who can explain astronomical phenomena in plain English - thanks heaps :first:

Now I can explain it to my 13 year old - who was the one that raised the question in the first place (hadn't even occurred to me until he did - oh the shame)