Fly me from the Moon...

[Starman]

Hi all,

Here's a shot of the partial eclipse of the Moon on the 7th Sept '06 which had an unexpected guest flying past it...

Canon 20Da + Skywatcher 80ED Pro, prime focus 1/60s @ ISO 100.

[OXO]

Great image Pete 8)

[geppetto]

Thats a cracker Pete 8)

[Caz]

If the image wassn't special enough, you capture a plane to give it that little bit extra.... Beautiful 8)

Caz

Makes me want to burst into song when I hear 'Fly me to the moon'

[FLO]

If the image wassn't special enough, you capture a plane to give it that little bit extra....

Absolutely! Nice one Pete 8)

[Astroman]

It's the Lunar Picture Of The Day today.

[daz]

Quite right too!

A superb picture Pete

[GordonCopestake]

Someone just HAD to go one better didn't they

http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/iss_shuttle.jpg

Warning, large image

[FLO]

For those struggling with the large image:

[Caz]

Now that surely is a chance in a million. Incredible.... 8)

[FLO]

Now that surely is a chance in a million. Incredible.... 8)

Not really Caz,

If you fire up your StarryNight, it will show you the ISS.

Run time forward until you see it eclipse the Sun and 'Bobs your Uncle'.

[FLO]

Done 8)

(The satellite tailing the ISS is a Progress M-56)

[Caz]

Ok fair point, but what about if they didn't use Starry night...

Anyway, I don't have an Uncle Bob...

Caz

[FLO]

Ok fair point, but what about if they didn't use Starry night...

Images like that are not accidents

(I mention Starry Night because I know you have a copy....)

[Caz]

Ok fair point, but what about if they didn't use Starry night...

Images like that are not accidents

I've argued my last....

[FLO]

I've argued my last....

Sorry Caz, didn't mean it to sound argumentative

[Caz]

Still say it could be a.... :toothy4:

a chance in a million

[FLO]

One thing is definite: If you want to attempt a shot like the one shown you need to be quick! Starry Night showed ISS transiting the Sun this morning but it lasted only about a second!!

[Caz]

[The Warthog]

Did I miss something, here? Was it an LPOD? If not, I think you should send it to S@N in short order. Fabulous shot!

[GordonCopestake]

It's one of Thierry Legault's

[FLO]

Its been chosen for APOD:

Though it's 93 million miles away, the Sun still hurts your eyes when you look at it. But bright sunlight (along with accurate planning and proper equipment!) resulted in this sharp silhouette of spaceship and space station. The amazing telescopic view, recorded on September 17, captures shuttle orbiter Atlantis and the International Space Station in orbit over planet Earth. At a range of 550 kilometres from the observing site near Mamers, Normandy, France, Atlantis (left) has just undocked and moved about 200 metres away from the space station. Tomorrow, yet another satellite of planet Earth can be seen in silhouette - the Moon will eclipse the Sun. This last eclipse of 2006 will be seen as an annular solar eclipse along a track that crosses northern South America and the south Atlantic.

http://tinyurl.com/nz383

[FLO]

Heres another from Spaceweather.com ... taken in daylight!

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On Sept. 19th, the International Space Station passed over Wirral, England. John Locker photographed it in broad daylight:

At the time of the flyby, the station was a trifle brighter than a first-magnitude star--invisible to the naked eye at mid-day, but a relatively easy target for Locker's 8-inch telescope.

The blue-sky photo shows the station's new solar wings just installed by the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis. The new wings are vertical; the older ones are horizontal. They're all working together now to power the ISS.

Credit John Locker: http://tinyurl.com/n8p6p

[Astroman]

Outstanding! I've seen all the planets and first magnitude stars during the day, but this is really something!

[OXO]

Amazing Image