Shuttle over Ireland Tonight

Crispin

Brilliant sight, just wish that....
a) Some one had told me the shuttle was going to be so f*ing fast.
b) I had remembered my torch.
c) I could to the calculation of shutter speed in my head
d) I still had remembered to take the camera off iso 3200 (used high iso to take test shots)
e) I had thought about the composition before it was pitch black.
f) I had read the instructions for my remote release

& still it was worth spending an hour outside lying on my back for that sight

barochoc

Thats a fantastic link Ghost Train. An incredible amount of information. Thanks

Crispin

this is the best I could rescue from a raw file

Ricky91t

I need to get a new tripod :pac:

gary82

Cloud cover wasn't great for me for the shuttle. Saw it alright but it didn't photo well at all. Interestingly the glow off the shuttle seemed to orange up the clouds as it passed - didn't come up like that on test shots just before...



Caught a couple of better shots of the Internation Space Station then 20mins later though...

bleg

really like the 1st one crispin.

projectmayhem

Doesn't count as photography per se but I shot a video instead of image because I knew I'd bork the pic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ8Qr5Zs0gY

.Longshanks.

seclachi wrote: »

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

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

Just check this again. Both the ISS and the shuttle should be visible together (weather dependent) on Friday 17th at approx 10.50pm for about 5 minutes. But unless the shuttle is catching the ISS up to dock then they will probably appear as one...

Calina

Did anyone post this thread in Astronomy yet? I think they'd find it interesting.

.Longshanks.

Calina wrote: »

Did anyone post this thread in Astronomy yet? I think they'd find it interesting.

Their thread is >30 pages!

Calina

Yeah but I tended to post links to photography threads in the specialist fora (particularly if they didn't have photos) like Motors for the world rally championship and weather for flooding and stuff...

I was just wondering if anyone did that for this or should I?

.Longshanks.

I posted my pic over there but didn't link to this section

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055618844&page=43

oozler

Thought I'd throw this up here too... captured from Total Fitness carpark in Sandyford (after a short quizzing by the gardai!) Details on the shot here: http://www.ronanpalliser.ie/blog/2009/07/16/space-shuttle-endeavor-over-dublin/

smash

I wanted to go up Bray head to get the shot but the clouds were too bad there.

.Longshanks.

Cool shot oozler. I hope we get some clear skys tonight +/or Friday to get another glimpse of ISS

oozler

Longshanks100 wrote: »

Cool shot oozler. I hope we get some clear skys tonight +/or Friday to get another glimpse of ISS

Thanks Longshanks100 - yep hopefully there will be!

Ricky91t

This thread is bad for my GAS

Not i want a fisheye and a tripod :pac:

AnCatDubh

just deleted some posts.

people - keep it on topic please.

thanks.

Ricky91t

AnCatDubh wrote: »

just deleted some posts.

people - keep it on topic please.

thanks.

Would of rathered peace saw my posts,But ok,you're the law around these parts

Thirdfox

Another photo of the shuttle "over" Ireland

From the Irish Times

.Longshanks.

Just seen it again tonight - moving a slower then Wednesday night! Camera set up on tripod, remote release and half decent frame set up. 30 second exposure and look grand on the back of the camera on the preview straight after shutter closed. Back into the computer and no image to be found.....:mad::mad::mad:
...slightly pi$$ed off

smash

I had a look out but didn't see it

Ricky91t

Just to let everyone know tonight was the last decent night of it for a while,Although it looked slower it wasn't was just due to it's more southernly route tonight..

longshanks stupid question but is there a card in your camera?

I've often left it out and took shoots and they previewed on screen after they were shot only to notice when i go to look at the photos it says "No card"

23:59

Saw it. Kind of glided across the sky, becoming very bright directly overhead.. Good stuff

BFassassin

I saw it really cleary tonight. Almost zero cloud. But never got any decent photos of it

.Longshanks.

Ricky91t wrote: »

Just to let everyone know tonight was the last decent night of it for a while,Although it looked slower it wasn't was just due to it's more southernly route tonight..

longshanks stupid question but is there a card in your camera?

I've often left it out and took shoots and they previewed on screen after they were shot only to notice when i go to look at the photos it says "No card"

I've camera a set to not take pics without card in to avoid exactly that. Believe me if it could be done i would forget the card 50% of the time. Looking for more help here...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055624484

Edit - sorted now (Thanks for help in other thread!)

Heres the shot i got - nothing specular but is a lot better that my previous effort! Click for larger


Probably last attempt due to the poor weather. Was lucky to get this shot as the trail appeared out from behind a huge cloud for about 10 seconds before disappearing again behind the tress!

ncarr

floydmoon1 wrote: »

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

Is there any chance of seeing the shuttle tomorrow (26-08-09) morning on account of it's delayed launch.

Blazer

ncarr wrote: »

Is there any chance of seeing the shuttle tomorrow (26-08-09) morning on account of it's delayed launch.

ah..the shuttle launched well over 4 weeks ago dude..

Tallon

There's another one tonight!
i don't know if its going over Ireland though

WIZE

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0825/breaking4.html

what about this shuttle . Could we see it from Ireland

Tallon

Actually, yeah. the ISS is still visable from Ireland so surely we'll see it.
I don't know what time though

ncarr

Berkut wrote: »

ah..the shuttle launched well over 4 weeks ago dude..

The Discovery is being launched tomorrow DUDE

Blazer

ncarr wrote: »

The Discovery is being launched tomorrow DUDE

ah ..you should have said that

Tallon

Berkut wrote: »

ah ..you should have said that

He did.... you should have read

Blazer

too many threads on space shuttles...hard to keep track of them all

WIZE

is the shuttle launch tonight

Ricky91t

Chances are you can't see it,Due to the shuttle being where it is in the sky and the position of the sun,It's too bright down here to be able to see the shuttle catching the sun light..

Check the astronomy and space forum for more info on chances of visibility

gipo2

Astronomy Ireland has all the times here, and it will pass over Ireland.

gary82

Skies perfectly clear here in Galway - hopefully the clouds stay away until after the launch - passing over our skies at 5:17am tomorrow (Sat) morning.