You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Solar System Imaging & Processing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 FoxK Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/07/07 Posts: 1544 Loc: Cape Cod, MA 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :(       #2527514 - 07/18/08 10:55 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My luck's been bad lately...I haven't got an opportunity to image the ISS in almost 2 months now...lately (last 2 times) just before its arrival...clouds roll in...this time...just 2 minutes before the flyover...I think i got a good shot tho so it wasn't a total loss...ran inside and got my Nikon. Sure wish the ISS would flyover more at 10pm-Midnight too...seems to arrive alot for me at 4 am lol...thanks for looking and thanks for your sympathy -------------------- Orion 80mm ED Apochromatic Refractor Meade 70-AZ-A 70mm Guider LS60TCaK/B600/C PHD on a GPUSB interface CG-5 Advanced GT Mount Nikon D40x with T-Adaptors Philips SPC900NC Imaging Source DMK 21AU04.AS Dome=the box my mount came in so I can see my solar images in bright sun lol - click for cloud prediction for Plymouth, MA. area Post Extras:       fishmagnet sage Reged: 12/11/07 Posts: 236 Loc: Satellite Beach Fla Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: FoxK]       #2527524 - 07/18/08 11:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Electrifying image! ******John -------------------- Vixen ED 103S refractor Vixen VC 200L Takahashi EM 11 Temma II Jr Astro-Tech AT66ED SBIG ST-10E CFW-8 Meade DSI Pro II monochrome CCD Atik filter wheel Philips PCVC 740K ToUcam Registax 4.0 Photoshop CS3 MaxIm DL4 The Sky 6 Astro-Lab Roxy Member Brevard Astronomical Society "Starin' at the stars in a distant galaxy; wonderin' if there's someone out there starin' back at me!" Fountains of Wayne Post Extras:       LLD Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/14/05 Posts: 1625 Loc: MASS. Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: fishmagnet]       #2527564 - 07/18/08 11:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   FoxK I was too was looking forward to viewing the ISS tonight but like you guy's on the cape the clouds rolled in and the lighting was unreal, No rain just lots of lighting bolts! You did capture some really awesome picture's of the lighting! -------------------- LLD. Meade 16 inch dob. Meade 60mm Polaris refractor 76mm Bushnell reflector Meade ETX60-BB,Meade 70MM / USB color camera Post Extras:       FoxK Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/07/07 Posts: 1544 Loc: Cape Cod, MA Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: LLD]       #2528125 - 07/19/08 10:45 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks all. Same here LLD...just sprinked in spurts here and there but mostly just a light show...which is ok with me -------------------- Orion 80mm ED Apochromatic Refractor Meade 70-AZ-A 70mm Guider LS60TCaK/B600/C PHD on a GPUSB interface CG-5 Advanced GT Mount Nikon D40x with T-Adaptors Philips SPC900NC Imaging Source DMK 21AU04.AS Dome=the box my mount came in so I can see my solar images in bright sun lol - click for cloud prediction for Plymouth, MA. area Post Extras:       LLD Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/14/05 Posts: 1625 Loc: MASS. Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: FoxK]       #2528179 - 07/19/08 11:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Fox -Not sure about the ISS but I guess the weather report for tonight is for much the same but I might be heading to the Cape Cod Canal or to South Cape Beach for some Striper fishing, I think I'll bring either my ETX 60 or a pair of Bino's just in case its clear tonight for a look at Jupiter! When there is a new Moon South Cape Beach has some pretty dark skies! -------------------- LLD. Meade 16 inch dob. Meade 60mm Polaris refractor 76mm Bushnell reflector Meade ETX60-BB,Meade 70MM / USB color camera Post Extras:       Alan Friedman sage Reged: 08/30/07 Posts: 246 Loc: Buffalo, NY Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: LLD]       #2528193 - 07/19/08 11:30 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Smile - it's much harder to freeze a nice electrical storm than the ISS! love the pictures, Alan -------------------- Alan Friedman www.avertedimagination.com Post Extras:       solshaker Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/06/06 Posts: 1218 Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: Alan Friedman]       #2528674 - 07/19/08 04:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   those are awesome! that second looks pretty close. -------------------- My Gallery Post Extras:       DesertRat sage Reged: 06/18/06 Posts: 256 Loc: Valley of the Sun Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: FoxK]       #2529241 - 07/19/08 11:08 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow! As much as I like astro images of our neighbors in the Solar System, its hard to beat those images! Well done! Glenn -------------------- Brandon 94mm f7, Televue TV102 f8.6; GM8 Baader Wedge & Filters, Coronado SM90/BF30 Intes Micro M715 Celestron C11 SCT + CI700 mount Post Extras:       nickatnight sage Reged: 04/14/08 Posts: 296 Loc: Santa Clarita, CA (LA Suburbs) Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: DesertRat]       #2532826 - 07/21/08 08:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'd say your luck is looking up with those images. -------------------- nickatnight Celestron CPC 9.25" GPS Lumicon 2" LumiBrite Diagonal Meade s5000 18mm UWA, Meade 6.7mm UWA, Parks G.S-5 10mm, Celestrom 40mm Plossl Parks 2x Barlow, Meade Tele-Extender Celestron f6.3 Focal Reducer Lumicon UHC Filter and Deep Sky Filter Canon Rebel XTi (prime) Canon Powershot G9 (afocal) Canon EOS T-Ring and Parks T-Adapter Lumicon Univ DigiCam Adapter Post Extras:       OMAR journeyman Reged: 05/09/07 Posts: 75 Loc: Caguas,P.R moved to FL Re: 2min to ISS flyover..then this showed up :( [Re: nickatnight]       #2535152 - 07/22/08 07:57 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Fox That's really an awesome capture of mother nature expression. Thanks for sharing it,Omar. -------------------- Antares 152mm F/6.5 Intes Micro MN66 Atlas EQ/Dual Drives Philips SPC 900 Webcam Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 3 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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