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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. Another way to view by Skapare · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You can view things up in orbit this way too. Just don't do it without the proper filtering protection.

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    now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
  2. Re:If they want to save power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Lame to mod this troll. I am a photographer, and I had to read it to find out why it's "amazing". It doesn't look that impressive unless you know what went into it.

    I'm still really surprised to find out how impressive this lousy looking fuzzy shot really is. On a clear night, with the right equipment, I would have assumed you could do much better.

    Am I troll? Or just uninformed?

  3. Re:If they want to save power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I thought it was blurry because he was hand tracking it (moving the telescope manually) -- a 25cm netwonian is a pretty decent sized scope though (just under 10")