Spacewalking astronaut imaged through an 8" scope!

[dennilfloss]

That is one heck of an amateur astrophotograph!^_^

http://skymania.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/stevebowen_annotated.jpg

 

[SunnyD]

Wow, an actually impressively cool post on OT for once! Nice work!

 

[Nik]

Cool.

 

[Whisper]

That is pretty freakin' cool, yes. Bet he's going to be a bit surprised people were watching him during that exercise.

 

[Arcadio]

Wow.. I wonder if I can do the same with my scope...

 

[olds]

http://skymania.com/wp/2011/03/amateur-snaps-astronaut-on-spacewalk.html

 

[ViviTheMage]

wow, I am surprised it's still so blurry with a lens that big, haha.

 

[h8red]

wow, I am surprised it's still so blurry with a lens that big, haha.

well it is moving at 17,500 mph so I imagine its a bit difficult to take a picture from 200+ miles away when the target is moving ~5 miles per second

 

[qliveur]

You'd have to have a good motorized mount to take a picture like that. Very cool.

 

[yhelothar]

You'd have to have a good motorized mount to take a picture like that. Very cool.

lol that guy used a dobsonian... 1/1214th exposure.

 

[feralkid]

wow, I am surprised it's still so blurry with a lens that big, haha.

No surprise, since they had to focus through the keyhole of that sound stage in New Mexico where they fake all space missions.

 

[ViviTheMage]

well it is moving at 17,500 mph so I imagine its a bit difficult to take a picture from 200+ miles away when the target is moving ~5 miles per second

makes sense.

 

[tk149]

That is pretty awesome.

Now astronauts are going to have to start worrying about who's watching when they pick their noses.

 

[Paratus]

That is pretty awesome.

Now astronauts are going to have to start worrying about who's watching when they pick their noses.

Um in (a) space(suit) no one can pick their nose....

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Um in (a) space(suit) no one can pick their nose....

You just pull your arm back through the sleeve and shove it up through the neck hole. No problem.

 

[Jeff7]

Um in (a) space(suit) no one can pick their nose....

Well then they should have a tiny voice-controlled robot crawling around the astronaut in order to handle that sort of thing.

 

[OOBradm]

well it is moving at 17,500 mph so I imagine its a bit difficult to take a picture from 200+ miles away when the target is moving ~5 miles per second

Not if the satellite was in geosynchronous orbit

 

[JTsyo]

Not if the satellite was in geosynchronous orbit

It's the ISS

 

[child of wonder]

My son is saving money to get a telescope and I'm constantly having to dissuade him from being every POS he sees at Wal-Mart until we have enough money to get something decent. Hopefully these images will help him "get it."

 

[DrPizza]

Not if the satellite was in geosynchronous orbit

The space shuttle couldn't make it to geosynchronous orbit in its wildest dreams. Geosynchronous orbit is 22236 miles in altitude, above the equator. Space shuttle barely makes it to 1% of that altitude.