Weekend space station passes

[george7378]

Hi everyone,

I caught three passes of the ISS this weekend, and took photos of two of them. The first one was mag. -2.8, and the second was mag. -3.6. There's no feeling like waking up early, sneaking to the window, and waiting for the 'starmen' to come out of the shadow and hurtle over the still-sleeping world:

3rd April:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgekristiansen/5584353403

http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgekristiansen/5584353555

4th April:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgekristiansen/5588684489

 

[Yoda]

Nice Job !
I'm waiting for the next good pass to get some close-up images ( hopefully with STS-134 attached).

 

[JEL]

No luck for me catching it yet.

 

[diogom]

Nice pics George.
How long does it usually take the ISS sightings to shift from early morning to 7/8 p.m.?

 

[spacekid1998]

There's no feeling like waking up early, sneaking to the window, and waiting for the 'starmen' to come out of the shadow and hurtle over the still-sleeping world

I must say George this is one of the most beautiful phrases I've ever read.

 

[george7378]

diogom - the first morning pass to the first evening pass takes about 12/13 days (at the moment, anyway).

spacekid -