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Space Forum / Shuttle / October 2007Viewing of Station and Shuttle.
Good viewing of Shuttle and Station for the next few days. At a location near you. http://www.heavens-above.com/  SignatureCraig Fink Courtesy E-Mail Welcome @ WeBeGood@GMail.Com -- Ron Paul makes history, getting boos during the debate by a few fringe Republicans, as he wins another Republican Debate. The Ron Paul rEVOLution continues, First Place with 34%. http://youtube.com/watch?v=gsXLf_w_0fs Republicans Boo The American People (well 70% of them) http://youtube.com/watch?v=5DmvKVVVX1o Boo, notice the first boo appears to in a very low voice into a microphone that was picked up on the video. Speculation is that it is Rudy cueing up some fringe group. http://youtube.com/watch?v=H156PFxAh1E Boo, Boo, Boo, Boo...speculation is it might be Rudy. > Good viewing of Shuttle and Station for the next few days. At a location > near you. > > http://www.heavens-above.com/ I live in the LA area and I saw ISS tonight, it was too bright to be the shuttle, even with all the smoke in the sky. After a few minutes it passed into darkness. I waited around for the orbiter but it wasnt behind it? >> Good viewing of Shuttle and Station for the next few days. At a location >> near you. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > into > darkness. I waited around for the orbiter but it wasnt behind it? Well the wind quit blowing in Houston this morning, hopefully it quit blowing in California too. The huge High pressure system and Low pressure system to the east sure can move a lot of air, like a pump reinforcing each other. SignatureCraig Fink Courtesy E-Mail Welcome @ WeBeGood@GMail.Com Saw both the ISS and shuttle this evening from Boulder, CO, Shuttle about 2 minutes behind the ISS. I was quite surprised to see how dim the shuttle was compared to ISS. Much dimmer than usual. >> Good viewing of Shuttle and Station for the next few days. At a location >> near you. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > into > darkness. I waited around for the orbiter but it wasnt behind it? Wonderful pass of ISS and Discovery about 8 PM last night from my son's backyard in Houston. I showed them both (12 minutes apart) to my 6-year-old grandson, and described how the shuttle was chasing the station, and he noticed that the shuttle, when it appeared, was well off to the left (west) of the station track. So I got to explain how he had just seen proof that Earth was rotating. Made sense to him. Both ISS and shuttle also went into shadow near zenith, and he wondered why. Back in his bedroom (it was past his official bedtime but his mom gave him an official waiver), we played with models of objects passing into the shadow of other objects, using his bed reading light as the sun. Cool. > Good viewing of Shuttle and Station for the next few days. At a location > near you. > > http://www.heavens-above.com/ > Wonderful pass of ISS and Discovery about 8 PM last night > from my son's backyard in Houston. I showed them both (12 minutes apart) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Cool. I agree, viewing was great in the Houston area. It was really impressive to watch the Space Station and Shuttle go through sunset onorbit. Dimming then orange and finally fading into a very deep red. I wonder if the geometry was right and the fires in California contributed to the impressive color change. Where they disappeared has a little bit to do with the Earths rotation, but the major effect is the altitude difference between the Station and Orbiter. The Shuttle being much lower and closer to the Earth hits the Sunset line first. Being in a lower orbit to catch up with the Space Station. I'm glad you used such a good opportunity to teach your grandson. Looks like we should have more good viewing in Houston for the next three days. SignatureCraig Fink Courtesy E-Mail Welcome @ WeBeGood@GMail.Com Good point re the altitude -- probably a bigger factor than the 12 minutes between them. But 12 minutes of Earth's rotation meant we were watching the same orbital plane but were maybe 130 miles further east, and that was the very noticeable difference in their tracks across the sky. >> Wonderful pass of ISS and Discovery about 8 PM last night >> from my son's backyard in Houston. I showed them both (12 minutes apart) [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > like > we should have more good viewing in Houston for the next three days. Good point, I guess we'd have to do the geometry problem to figure out which is bigger, 130 miles east is a lot. Maybe they're of the same magnitude. > Good point re the altitude -- probably a bigger > factor than the 12 minutes between them. [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >> Craig Fink >> Courtesy E-Mail Welcome @ WeBeGood@GMail.Com SignatureCraig Fink Courtesy E-Mail Welcome @ WeBeGood@GMail.Com Why not track it on your computer with something like Heavensat and receive its radio signals on a scanner, it all adds to the experience ! John >> Wonderful pass of ISS and Discovery about 8 PM last night >> from my son's backyard in Houston. I showed them both (12 minutes apart) [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > like > we should have more good viewing in Houston for the next three days. >Wonderful pass of ISS and Discovery about 8 PM last night >from my son's backyard in Houston. I showed them both (12 minutes apart) to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Cool. Wow! I wanna come over too! I don't understand what you taught your Grandson. Can you recommend a site which explains this? I know it seems odd that I wouldn't understand such a seemingly simple concept, but I just don't, and I would like to understand it and teach it to my son. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Jim in Houston. Contrary to popular opinion RN does not mean Real Nerd! Teddy Roosevelt's mother said: "Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches" SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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