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Scottie
19th March 2009, 09:02 PM
The Space shuttle docked with the ISS

possible sightings list times can be found here


http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/region.cgi?country=United_Kingdom&region=Scotland

and keep up-to-date with live TV here

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/


I'm ready for 9.09 but we are hoping it's clear skies on Saturday night.

Scottie
19th March 2009, 09:45 PM
taken from the nasa site

this pic taken by (I think) the Soho satellite which is 1.5million km from earth
the transit of venus (which means it's going across the face of the sun). Allan was the first one to see this transit in the Inverness area.


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/scottiecoop/Allan%20Album/Venus_Transit.jpg

another cool pic showing you the activity of the sun (on a nice day when the sun is shinning and we look up) this is what it is busy doing. Makes you think! The solar flare loops that you see in this picture can be large enough for the largest planet Jupiter to pass through without even coming close to touching the sides.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/scottiecoop/Allan%20Album/sun2_trace.jpg


and another cool pic



this is the sun this pic was done in "white light" (solar film).

the dot is the ISS and the black circle is Venus.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/scottiecoop/Allan%20Album/ISS_Venus.jpg

Scottie
19th March 2009, 09:49 PM
another fav pics of ours

a strike near the shuttle

I bet they had make a few checks after that strike.:eek::eek:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/scottiecoop/Allan%20Album/cd951e7b.jpg

Big Gordy
19th March 2009, 10:37 PM
Man those a such cool pictures:cool:

Smitty
19th March 2009, 11:22 PM
Cool pictures - that lightening strike is epic. Wish we got thunder storms like that here :D

Crombers
19th March 2009, 11:31 PM
Awesome pics Fi, will need to look into this further, really interesting stuff :yes nod:

AndyP & Lenore
20th March 2009, 01:44 AM
Cool pics Fi.:thumbs up:

A.:D

Scottie
21st March 2009, 10:08 PM
taken tonight at the 7.21pm (roughly) in the skies over Doune.

The ISS and it's trail.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/scottiecoop/343eac44.jpg

Burple
23rd March 2009, 11:27 AM
Some cool pics!!

Here's a question for you (or Allan..)

Last spring when I was living out in the country I noticed something in the sky a couple of evenings when it was dark, just looking up with the naked eye.

There was what looked like a light going across the sky,it looked like a plane passing, but there were no flashing lights, just a steady white light. I figured it couldn't have been a plane, obviously cos there were no strobe lights on it. it's trajectory was pretty much South / South West, and it seemed to go a little bit faster as it was overhead, and obviously silent. I noticed something very similar one night a couple of weeks back too, same trajectory..
Could that have been a satellite visible without a telescope?

Gismo
23rd March 2009, 11:32 AM
Could that have been a satellite visible without a telescope?Nah, it was the 20:45 Aberdeen to Cardiff BMI flight :moonie:

mini saltire
23rd March 2009, 11:43 AM
Amazing pictures Fi/Alan!! Makes you feel quite insignifigant though....

Scottie
23rd March 2009, 07:04 PM
Some cool pics!!

Here's a question for you (or Allan..)

Last spring when I was living out in the country I noticed something in the sky a couple of evenings when it was dark, just looking up with the naked eye.

There was what looked like a light going across the sky,it looked like a plane passing, but there were no flashing lights, just a steady white light. I figured it couldn't have been a plane, obviously cos there were no strobe lights on it. it's trajectory was pretty much South / South West, and it seemed to go a little bit faster as it was overhead, and obviously silent. I noticed something very similar one night a couple of weeks back too, same trajectory..
Could that have been a satellite visible without a telescope?

more than likely the ISS 95% sure he is on this always has Southern trajectory of some sort. It's not visible everyday because the ISS is not high in the sky and because we are moving etc etc etc