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Showing posts with label satellites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satellites. Show all posts
Monday, February 4, 2019

More is less in photographing Iridium flares.

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Yesterday (3-Feb-2019) I photoed an Iridium flare just five minutes after sunset in what was still daylight. However as you can see, I cau...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The ISS crosses the moon

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On Sunday 28/12/2014 I finally managed to photograph the ISS crossing the moon. The timing and location must be very accurate. The moon is ...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

Israel first satellite

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Shavit 2 was the first satellite that Israel launched to space. The rocket launched on July 5th 1961 and Israel joined the distinguished ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Double Iridium Flare

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Iridium flares are bright flashes of light caused by sunlight reflected from any of the Iridium satellites. We wrote about how to see the I...
Monday, February 20, 2012

ISS and Orion

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The ISS is the brightest unnatural objects in the skies, brighter even than Jupiter, and in rare occasions even from Venus. You can comper...
Thursday, February 2, 2012

ISS passing by Lrya

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During the evening there was a great ISS pass . Although the skies were very cloudy I manage to observe the pass, together with 5 great ch...

How to see the ISS

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It is easy to view and see the International Space Station (ISS), you only need to know where to look and what to look for. The near spac...