I was wondering if the perseids are visble from the ISS, and if so via the live camera on nasa-tv.
I looked at the live cam at around 1400 utc and thought I saw meteor trails flashing in the darkness. I know fixed objects on the iss come in and out of sunshine at strange angles, and at the time I could see the solar array adjusting its angle, but these looked different.
anybody any ideas?
73 de andy g0sfj
Come to think of it, I wonder what precautions the crew needs to take, considering that THEY are flying through the comet's debris field too?
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:18:33 +0000 From: andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk To: sarex@AMSAT.Org Subject: [sarex] ISS and meteors
I was wondering if the perseids are visble from the ISS, and if so via the live camera on nasa-tv.
I looked at the live cam at around 1400 utc and thought I saw meteor trails flashing in the darkness. I know fixed objects on the iss come in and out of sunshine at strange angles, and at the time I could see the solar array adjusting its angle, but these looked different.
anybody any ideas?
73 de andy g0sfj
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Absolutely, yes. I have put some stills on http://www.andythomas.eu%C2%A0homepage fyi. Look for the white dot against the black sky.
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From: Greg D. ko6th_greg@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [sarex] ISS and meteors To: "andy thomas" andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk, sarex@amsat.org Date: Saturday, 14 August, 2010, 18:14
Come to think of it, I wonder what precautions the crew needs to take, considering that THEY are flying through the comet's debris field too?
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:18:33 +0000 From: andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk To: sarex@AMSAT.Org Subject: [sarex] ISS and meteors
I was wondering if the perseids are visble from the ISS, and if so via the live camera on nasa-tv.
I looked at the live cam at around 1400 utc and thought I saw meteor trails flashing in the darkness. I know fixed objects on the iss come in and out of sunshine at strange angles, and at the time I could see the solar array adjusting its angle, but these looked different.
anybody any ideas?
73 de andy g0sfj
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Those have been my exact thoughts Greg. How the ISS deals with meteor showers and also space junk. Like the unexpected collision of two satellites. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg D." ko6th_greg@hotmail.com To: "andy thomas" andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk; sarex@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:14 PM Subject: [sarex] Re: ISS and meteors
Come to think of it, I wonder what precautions the crew needs to take, considering that THEY are flying through the comet's debris field too?
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:18:33 +0000 From: andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk To: sarex@AMSAT.Org Subject: [sarex] ISS and meteors
I was wondering if the perseids are visble from the ISS, and if so via the live camera on nasa-tv.
I looked at the live cam at around 1400 utc and thought I saw meteor trails flashing in the darkness. I know fixed objects on the iss come in and out of sunshine at strange angles, and at the time I could see the solar array adjusting its angle, but these looked different.
anybody any ideas?
73 de andy g0sfj
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My buddy Dave Booth KC6WFS used a Canon EOS set to intervalometer to overnight shoot what amounts to 24 second video of the meteor shower. All were 25sec exposures with his Canon Rebel 1000D
Its posted on-line on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/video/video.php?v=1537433163245
EWnjoy,
Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF
I belong to Facebook and could not view the posted video due to restrictions set by your friend.
Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "William M. Pasternak" newsline@ix.netcom.com To: sarex@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:31 PM Subject: [sarex] Meteor Shower Video
My buddy Dave Booth KC6WFS used a Canon EOS set to intervalometer to overnight shoot what amounts to 24 second video of the meteor shower. All were 25sec exposures with his Canon Rebel 1000D
Its posted on-line on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/video/video.php?v=1537433163245
EWnjoy,
Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF
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