By: manguero
Besides how amazing the ISS shot is (and the timing--wow!), the scales in the Bad Astronomy article blow my mind. (If you didn't read: the little black sunspot in the lower right quadrant is about...
View ArticleBy: Kadin2048
CalSky is pretty awesome. I've just started messing around with it, but so far I've gotten it to tell me when the next few Iridium satellite flares are ... might have to try and look for them tonight.
View ArticleBy: mikepop
Also, see the tags Yeah, I was going to go with "...as Moon Blots Out Sun" to tee up "that's no moon!" for someone else, but thought it worked better overall this way.
View ArticleBy: lonefrontranger
thanks, filthy; I've been a spaceweather follower for some years now. Thierry Legault has been responsible for many spectacular photos of this type, as a regular contributor on their feed. I'm not...
View ArticleBy: FatherDagon
'Ah' says everyone just as the birds are silent with surprise All I really, really, really want to see is a total eclipse of the sun
View ArticleBy: Ratio
I prefer the alternate caption, "TIE Fighter spotted as Death Star Blots Out Sun" I love you.
View ArticleBy: filthy light thief
mikepop: I prefer the alternate caption, "TIE Fighter spotted as Death Star Blots Out Sun" Also, see the tags (and now I find ThatsNoMoon hasn't been used before)
View ArticleBy: filthy light thief
Kadin2048: I would have liked some more details on how he got the shot, and how he determined the location to shoot from.Thierry posted some details on his website, including: Transit forecast...
View ArticleBy: Multicellular Exothermic
Yesterday there was a partial solar eclipse over most of Europe and northwestern Asia... posted by filthy light thief eponysterical!
View ArticleBy: The Mouthchew
Joking aside, I would have liked some more details on how he got the shot, and how he determined the location to shoot from. Legault says on his page: "Transit forecast calculated by www.calsky.com...
View ArticleBy: Kadin2048
My favorite comment from Bad Astronomy:Thierry could save a bundle on airfare if he'd just pick up a copy of Photoshop. Joking aside, I would have liked some more details on how he got the shot, and...
View ArticleBy: Threeway Handshake
Impressive. As for "how," I'm going to go out on a limb and assume he had the "motor drive" setting turned on for his camera and mashed the shutter down for quite a while.
View ArticleBy: mikepop
I prefer the alternate caption, "TIE Fighter spotted as Death Star Blots Out Sun"
View ArticleBy: filthy light thief
"Bad Astronomy has more on why he chose to take his picture in the Sultanate of Oman ..."
View Article(Nothing I can do) a Partial Eclipse of the Sun b/w ISS, Me and the Moon
Yesterday there was a partial solar eclipse over most of Europe and northwestern Asia. There were a lot of greatpictures, but the most spectacular may have been the solar transit of the International...
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