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Amateur Astronomer Grabs Amazing ISS Picture

Posted by samzenpus on from the good-focus dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "Ralf Vandebergh is an amateur astronomer, and using a simple telescope with a video camera attached to it, he took an incredibly detailed picture of the International Space Station. You can easily see the recently-installed truss and solar panels, as well as the Space Shuttle Discovery docked to the station."

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  1. obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thats no moon,it IS a space station give the man some geek points!

  2. Re:On a clear night... by stox · · Score: 4, Funny

    On a clear disk you can seek forever.

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    "To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
  3. Re:Can anyone else see the wires? by MeanMF · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you run it through the image processing software they use on 24, you can actually make out the license plate number too.

  4. Re:Can anyone else see the wires? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any sign of that bat?

  5. Irresponsible by CmdrGravy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't believe the government are allowing people to take these sorts of images. This is just a gift to the terrorists, they'll be able to see exactly which parts of the space station to target and may even be able to bring the whole thing down on a major population centre.

    Unbelievable !