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Date: 13 Aug 2007 22:37:33
From: David Beine
Subject: Seeing the Space Station through the eyepc
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On Sunday evening Aug. 12 my observing buddy caught the ISS in his 10"SCT.
We observed it for about 1 minute through a 40MM Plossl; (it was about 18
degrees above the horizon) from SE Wisconsin.
We both saw "structure".
Optical illusion?
The magnification was about 65X which would make it appear to be about 3.1
miles away......I always look upon magnification as just bringing things
CLOSER.
ISS is about 205 miles up/65 x = about 3.1 miles.
Did we see the solar panels and/or the girders?
He says yes, I say no.
Thanks
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George
Santayana, 1863-1952). He also said: "History is always wrong, and so
always needs to be rewritten."
David Beine
Franklin, Wisconsin, USA
42.877163 North
87.965275 West
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Date: 14 Aug 2007 10:04:15
From: MrSylvestre
Subject: Re: Seeing the Space Station through the eyepc
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If you managed to keep the ISS within the FOV of your scope for 1
minute, the ISS structure should have been easily visible indeed. Any
link to tracking/guiding system you used ?
Regards,
Mr. Sylvestre
David Beine wrote:
> On Sunday evening Aug. 12 my observing buddy caught the ISS in his 10"SCT.
> We observed it for about 1 minute through a 40MM Plossl; (it was about 18
> degrees above the horizon) from SE Wisconsin.
>
> We both saw "structure".
>
> Optical illusion?
>
> The magnification was about 65X which would make it appear to be about 3.1
> miles away......I always look upon magnification as just bringing things
> CLOSER.
>
> ISS is about 205 miles up/65 x = about 3.1 miles.
>
> Did we see the solar panels and/or the girders?
>
> He says yes, I say no.
>
> Thanks
>
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Date: 14 Aug 2007 10:26:45
From: David Beine
Subject: Re: Seeing the Space Station through the eyepc
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It was a Meade LX200 (not my scope)
I use the other brand :)
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George
Santayana, 1863-1952). He also said: "History is always wrong, and so
always needs to be rewritten."
David Beine
Franklin, Wisconsin, USA
42.877163 North
87.965275 West
"MrSylvestre" <mrsylvestre@worldcompany.com > wrote in message
news:46C161FF.2080900@worldcompany.com...
> If you managed to keep the ISS within the FOV of your scope for 1 minute,
> the ISS structure should have been easily visible indeed. Any link to
> tracking/guiding system you used ?
>
> Regards,
> Mr. Sylvestre
>
> David Beine wrote:
>> On Sunday evening Aug. 12 my observing buddy caught the ISS in his
>> 10"SCT.
>> We observed it for about 1 minute through a 40MM Plossl; (it was about 18
>> degrees above the horizon) from SE Wisconsin.
>>
>> We both saw "structure".
>>
>> Optical illusion?
>>
>> The magnification was about 65X which would make it appear to be about
>> 3.1 miles away......I always look upon magnification as just bringing
>> things CLOSER.
>>
>> ISS is about 205 miles up/65 x = about 3.1 miles.
>>
>> Did we see the solar panels and/or the girders?
>>
>> He says yes, I say no.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 22:02:15
From: Chris L Peterson
Subject: Re: Seeing the Space Station through the eyepc
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:37:33 -0500, "David Beine" <dbeine@wi.rr.com >
wrote:
>On Sunday evening Aug. 12 my observing buddy caught the ISS in his 10"SCT.
>We observed it for about 1 minute through a 40MM Plossl; (it was about 18
>degrees above the horizon) from SE Wisconsin.
>
>We both saw "structure".
>
>Optical illusion?
>
>The magnification was about 65X which would make it appear to be about 3.1
>miles away......I always look upon magnification as just bringing things
>CLOSER.
>
>ISS is about 205 miles up/65 x = about 3.1 miles.
>
>Did we see the solar panels and/or the girders?
>
>He says yes, I say no.
It wasn't an illusion- you can easily see structure. Consider that the
ISS is about the same size as a wide body airplane. You can see plenty
of structure in those when they are only three miles away, right?
_________________________________________________
Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 23:12:45
From: David Beine
Subject: Re: Seeing the Space Station through the eyepc
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OK...........I'll buy that
Thanks
--
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George
Santayana, 1863-1952). He also said: "History is always wrong, and so
always needs to be rewritten."
David Beine
Franklin, Wisconsin, USA
42.877163 North
87.965275 West
"Chris L Peterson" <clp@alumni.caltech.edu > wrote in message
news:t4a2c3hqi9l15asc0k5jro013rq7cv7mda@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:37:33 -0500, "David Beine" <dbeine@wi.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday evening Aug. 12 my observing buddy caught the ISS in his 10"SCT.
>>We observed it for about 1 minute through a 40MM Plossl; (it was about 18
>>degrees above the horizon) from SE Wisconsin.
>>
>>We both saw "structure".
>>
>>Optical illusion?
>>
>>The magnification was about 65X which would make it appear to be about 3.1
>>miles away......I always look upon magnification as just bringing things
>>CLOSER.
>>
>>ISS is about 205 miles up/65 x = about 3.1 miles.
>>
>>Did we see the solar panels and/or the girders?
>>
>>He says yes, I say no.
>
> It wasn't an illusion- you can easily see structure. Consider that the
> ISS is about the same size as a wide body airplane. You can see plenty
> of structure in those when they are only three miles away, right?
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
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