Space Shuttle Visible tonight Saturday 5am

mattfender · 29-08-2009 4:49am

Calibos wrote: »

Doh! Sorry, I get ya now mate. Somehow I read your post as, "I saw something at midnight and luckily I checked boards and found out it was the shuttle", so I'm thinkin' "No mate, it hasn't even launched yet!!"

You actually meant you logged onto boards to see did anyone else see what you saw at 12, only for you to luckily read this thread about the shuttle launch.

Yup! Lookin forward to this now!

Calibos · 29-08-2009 4:50am

We are GO for Launch! T minus 10 minutes.

Its mad that we get to see it fly over us only 18 minutes after it took off in Florida. How long is a comercial airline flight from here to the bahamas!! 7 hours??

SoupyNorman · 29-08-2009 4:51am

Calibos wrote: »

We are GO for Launch! T minus 10 minutes.

Its mad that we get to see it fly over us only 18 minutes after it took off in Florida. How long is a comercial airline flight from here to the bahamas!! 7 hours??

500mph verses 17000 mph

mattfender · 29-08-2009 4:54am

4 mins before takeoff!

Calibos · 29-08-2009 4:55am

mattfender wrote: »

Yup! Lookin forward to this now!

Did you see the one in July?

You are in for a treat. I mean....its still just 2 lights in the sky, but its two very bright lights in the sky, very close together, one white and one orange and racing across our sky much faster than the usual satellite or International space station (same real speed but much lower altitude means it goes across much faster)

I like to picture the 7 astronauts strapped in in their seats with Bat outta Hell playing in the background

You should watch the launch on the NasaTV link I posted.

paulhealy1991 · 29-08-2009 4:55am

cool i just came across this thread!! talk about good timing cheers

mattfender · 29-08-2009 4:56am

Calibos wrote: »

Did you see the one in July?

You are in for a treat. I mean....its still just 2 lights in the sky, but its two very bright lights in the sky, very close together, one white and one orange and racing across our sky much faster than the usual satellite or International space station (same real speed but much lower altitude means it goes across much faster)

I like to picture the 7 astronauts strapped in in their seats with Bat outta Hell playing in the background

You should watch the launch on the NasaTV link I posted.

I saw it in July yeah. Was awesome

Calibos · 29-08-2009 5:00am

T-Minus 50 seconds!!

SRFC90 · 29-08-2009 5:02am

Just launched this second!

Calibos · 29-08-2009 5:02am

GOGOGO Discovery!!

paulhealy1991 · 29-08-2009 5:02am

so is it def safe not to go outside till 10 past?!

kumate_champ07 · 29-08-2009 5:12am

is it there yet?

Calibos · 29-08-2009 5:13am

I'm heading out now at 5.13. Should be visible in west about 5.18/5.19am

kumate_champ07 · 29-08-2009 5:16am

nasa says its reached orbit already?

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/launch_blog.html

SoupyNorman · 29-08-2009 5:18am

I seen it, seriously cool.

APM · 29-08-2009 5:20am

wow, delighted I didn't miss that, awesome view here in Dublin

ninebeanrows · 29-08-2009 5:21am

I was sure i missed it! then i saw it in like the worst place to see it.

But question... why was it in 2!!?

paulhealy1991 · 29-08-2009 5:21am

cloudly as ****e in the west plus nearly broke my neck tripping over a flower pot!!

Preset No.3 · 29-08-2009 5:21am

I took the bearing from my house looking at the tower light at the airport and looked west of that and saw......nothing!

I had another site that tracked it across the sky but cant find it now.

nats070 · 29-08-2009 5:21am

Omg i seen it that was mad so cool tho looking at it

Holopimp · 29-08-2009 5:22am

I saw it from Phibsborough and it was cool!

North_West_Art · 29-08-2009 5:22am

damn... black clouds over Donegal... although I could have sworn I heard it.... waiting up all night for nowt :mad: It was crystal clear an hour ago

ninebeanrows · 29-08-2009 5:23am

Preset No.3 wrote: »

I took the bearing from my house looking at the tower light at the airport and looked west of that and saw......nothing!

I had another site that tracked it across the sky but cant find it now.

You had to look more south than west, i was very lucky to see it, one had to look south not west.

speaktofrank · 29-08-2009 5:23am

Just passed by here in southern France, just before dawn here but spectacular nonetheless, thanks to the OP.

signal terror · 29-08-2009 5:23am

That is the coolest thing I've ever seen.I feel so exited right now.Didnt think it'd be going anywhere near that fast:D

phantom_lord · 29-08-2009 5:24am

meh

Agonist · 29-08-2009 5:24am

Excellent, thanks for the info. That was cool!

mattfender · 29-08-2009 5:25am

That was cool. Went up to park up road to watch it cos it was dark. Didnt see it till it was halfway in sky:pac:

smellslikeshoes · 29-08-2009 5:25am

Just seen this post about 5am, was pretty lucky

Didn't really have much of an idea what to look for so nearly thought a plane flying by was it :pac:
I was kind of surprised by how far away the two lights were.

Mister Robinson · 29-08-2009 5:25am

Got a quick 20 second view of it from Blanchardstown,

Looking out my attic window thinking it was an abnormally large and quiet aeroplane untill I heard my dad in the garden shouting "S**t did you see that??"

Well worth staying up for

Jello · 29-08-2009 5:26am

That was really cool, was looking west and couldn't see a thing at first, then when I thought it was too late I spotted it! Well worth seeing.

Calibos · 29-08-2009 5:26am

Got to see it but not all of it. Why??? Because a ***king Drunk starts shouting, "Oi, What are you lads doin in that Garden!!" which started the ***king dogs barking, FFS

Only saw the second half and by then it was behing wispy cloud. Still when it got to a gap in the haaze it got uber bright. Nice sharp bluey light of the shuttle and reddish light of the jettisoned Orange fuel tank.

Could the drunk not have picked any other 2 minute window to walk past our gaff!!

Preset No.3 · 29-08-2009 5:28am

Missed it in July and missed it again! Well thats just fcuking lovely! For a private pilot, I cant navigate for ****! Well pissed off.

sam_mom1 · 29-08-2009 5:29am

yippeee seen it as i slurped a big hot cup of tea... wasnt as bright as last one tho (?)... anyway, im feckin goin back to sleep, i needs me beauty sleep!!

speaktofrank · 29-08-2009 5:30am

One of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. It appeared in the north west here and appeared to fly east. Wasn't as bright as i thought it would be but in a dark sky would probably be more spectacular.

mattfender · 29-08-2009 5:32am

sam_mom1 wrote: »

yippeee seen it as i slurped a big hot cup of tea... wasnt as bright as last one tho (?)... anyway, im feckin goin back to sleep, i needs me beauty sleep!!

Went to park with a cuppa :pac:

Calibos · 29-08-2009 5:36am

Yeah, deffo wasn't as bright as the last one. Appeared later and thus higher in the sky too because it was coming out of the earths shadow into the dawn sunlight this time whereas the last one at dusk had it in the sunset and thus lit up as soon as it cleared our horizon before disappearing into the earths shadow high in the east.

blah · 29-08-2009 5:49am

Saw it from a park in London hoping I wouldn't get mugged. It moved so fast but it was more obvious that what I expected. I got a couple of photos but had messed up the settings on my camera :mad:

Coming from the west

Heading east

Calibos · 29-08-2009 5:58am

blah wrote: »

Saw it from a park in London hoping I wouldn't get mugged. It moved so fast but it was more obvious that what I expected. I got a couple of photos but had messed up the settings on my camera :mad:

Coming from the west

Heading east

Sure. Theres motion blur in the first one but its not like one could capture the shape anyway so the blur doesn't matter. Its the colour contrast between the White Shuttle and the Orange fuel tank so close that is the really interesting part of the sight anyway and you have captured that beautifully.

rugbyman · 29-08-2009 6:39am

standing on the edge of the MI, dunleer at 5.16, right on time. saw a plane before that which nearly fooled me. then ,there she was.

thanks for the info.

very bright star in the east, what was that?,anyone

Regards,Rugbyman

mattfender · 29-08-2009 6:45am

rugbyman wrote: »

standing on the edge of the MI, dunleer at 5.16, right on time. saw a plane before that which nearly fooled me. then ,there she was.

thanks for the info.

very bright star in the east, what was that?,anyone

Regards,Rugbyman

My mate was tellin me that was the north star ha. we got mad confused

ynotdu · 29-08-2009 7:14am

blah wrote: »

Saw it from a park in London hoping I wouldn't get mugged. It moved so fast but it was more obvious that what I expected. I got a couple of photos but had messed up the settings on my camera :mad:

Coming from the west

Heading east

Hi blah,Great pics!much appreciated:)

The thing is Your post is the sort of thing i Like boards.ie for.

sure on a dedicated space site we might find non blurry pictures(it was so fast,dont know how you snapped it at all

)but foto,s taken by Ireland based people makes yours extra special,as you took them as the Orbiter/tank was over us,not like we used to get,always foto,s taken of space events by a photographar in another country.

cheers!