Shuttle over Ireland Tonight

floydmoon1

The Below thread explains it all.
Not sure if you would be able to get any good pics.I gave a 70-300mm sigma.
Does anyone think I could get anything other than a dot.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055618844

Paulw

With the rain and clouds over me now, I can't see anything. Mad rain and clouds.

It would be interesting to see any results for this though.

whyulittle

Well you're obviously not going to get any detail, but if you leave the shutter open for say 30 seconds, you'll get a line rather than a dot.

Saw it head over the other night, didn't have time to get the camera out though.

gman2k

saw the shuttle pass over last November (I think). there was a segment on Newstalk about the shuttle at the time and said it was to pass over at a certain time from due West.
Got the binoculars out and spotted it easy enough - could just about make out the numbers on the wing :-)

no seriously though - it was just a white dot that blazed across the sky!

nilhg

Times for the ISS here, (for my location, go back to the home page and plug yours in for more accuracy), the Shuttle will start off 20/30 minutes later when it launches, and gradually catch up, the exact times will be on heavens-above once it launches.

Tallon

Did this not happen at half ten already?

Calina

looks like it's been delayed again for weather reasons. Not having a lot of luck with this one.

whyulittle

Plus the ISS has passed over.

karlog

I dont see sh*t

Crispin

think i have just seen it!

oh wait no i haven't

not sure what i saw then

32finn

nothing but pure cloud over the curragh god damn it

TJJP

Launch off again. Endeavour's next launch attempt is 6:51 p.m. EDT Monday.

whyulittle

Twas too cold outside!

nilhg

If its clear there is a good opportunity to see it tonight at 22.51, the sky should be dark enough and the crossing is high in the sky.

gary82

Great shot whyulittle!! Congrats on getting Pix.ie's Twitter of the day!

Not a hope of getting a clear sky in Galway unfortunately.

nilhg

gary82 wrote: »

Great shot whyulittle!! Congrats on getting Pix.ie's Twitter of the day!

+1, well done

gary82 wrote: »

Not a hope of getting a clear sky in Galway unfortunately.

Don't despair yet, there's a clearer slot out west might make it in to you.

Ricky91t

Scrubbed till wensday FWIW

gary82

Just a heads up that this looks like it's set to go tonight! Launch will be at 11.03pm, and passing Ireland a few mins either side of 11.20pm . Get your tripods at the ready if you've a clear sky!

The international space station will then pass, a bit higher in the sky, at 11.43pm.

Both will be tracing a west->east route (approx).

Crispin

gary82 wrote: »

Just a heads up that this looks like it's set to go tonight! Launch will be at 11.03pm, and passing Ireland a few mins either side of 11.20pm . Get your tripods at the ready if you've a clear sky!

The international space station will then pass, a bit higher in the sky, at 11.43pm.

Both will be tracing a west->east route (approx).

so no point going outside till about 11.15 then I take it?

.Longshanks.

Live video feed
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Crispin

lift off, right tripod check, camera check, remote release check.....

nilhg

Crispin wrote: »

lift off, right tripod check, camera check, remote release check.....

Failed the cloud check here.:(

rjbravo

Just seen it!

humberklog

Clear and very beautiful in Dublin.

.Longshanks.

See it with my eyes, don't think i was quick enough to get it with my camera. Bloody hell that thing can move!

Silverfish

Sequence of events: Watch the live stream, run outside to see it pass overhead, then run back in here to see who got pictures.

Thirdfox

Got it! Lol my watch was fast and I was heading back in when it flew by - managed to get 1 shot of it...

stick-dan

Seen it a few minutes ago thats some mental speed!

smash

tree in garden + clouds messed up a decent shot!

This is all I got unfortunately...

seclachi

Your going to be as disappointed as I am with this one, camera was in the wrong mode completely and I wanted to see it with my own eyes anyway ! but here it is. One of the blurry lines is the shuttle, the other must be the booster breaking away.

.Longshanks.

I managed to get this shocking poor pic. Combination of "blood hell thats fast", sh1t camera it point wrong direction and then couldn't reach for the remote release



But it was cool as fook

32finn

could see it perfect over the curragh, man it was moving. very visible to the naked eye

Thirdfox

Interesting to note that the main tank's booster appeared to be so far below the shuttle itself...

32finn

prob cos of the actual size of the shuttle maybe

Thirdfox

Here's my attempt (some minor ps was done - the sky was way too bright in the original).

seclachi

Funnily enough, I just saw something just like it again when i was going out to the car for something, is it making revolutions or is it the ISS maybe ? I would think the reason the two were so far apart was the the seperation of the tank and shuttle ?

chalkitdown1

I also took a (very poor) picture of it.



Went by very fast. Was only visible for about 15 seconds or so before it vanished up out of view.

Ghost Train

pity about the trees etc,was good to see it, very clear in the sky

great shot thirdfox

Splatterly

Some great pics! Was out in the garden outside Dundalk, but I think it went past right where there was a bank of cloud. Did manage to see the ISS though

Silverfish

seclachi wrote: »

Funnily enough, I just saw something just like it again when i was going out to the car for something, is it making revolutions or is it the ISS maybe ? I would think the reason the two were so far apart was the the seperation of the tank and shuttle ?

The ISS passed over about 5 minutes afterwards.

seclachi

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=Ireland

For future reference ! Looks like I saw the ISS as well, awesome night !

32finn

big thank you to longshanks for the live feed link, cheers lad

Ricky91t

Crap photo i'm just pleased to of seen it

whyulittle

Class sight.

Rb

Looked too cloudy out here so didn't get to see it, how often does this kind of thing happen?

Ricky91t

Rb wrote: »

Looked too cloudy out here so didn't get to see it, how often does this kind of thing happen?

Think i read,In Ireland it's been twice in the last 28 years

hopelessOne

30sec exposure:

Crispin

Thirdfox

Ricky91t wrote: »

Think i read,In Ireland it's been twice in the last 28 years

And they're retiring the space shuttle very soon now - don't know if we'll see it again.

On the plus side, the European Space Agency is working on their space mule as the shuttle replacement.

Ghost Train

Ricky91t wrote: »

Think i read,In Ireland it's been twice in the last 28 years

thats seeing it with the external tank, the space station (and shuttle when its there) can be seen often enough, calculator here
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/JavaSSOP.html

tomorrow at 22:29 and friday at 22:53 (for dublin) iis should be visable and shuttle a bit before that i presume

whyulittle

Shuttle and tank. Or I could have just made it in Paint.