Re: mini OR and OI: ISS

I got predictions on Heaven's Above:
http://www.heavens-above.com/
You can also use calsky, especially for transits of the moon or sun.
http://www.calsky.com/
Bill

Dan Foy wrote:
> Cool - I was able to do this very briefly Wednesday night at
> Montebello with my 12" dob. When I looked, I saw two rectangles with
> a circular area in the center. I was only about 50x so the apparent
> size was fairly small.
>
> I remember seeing some fantastic views someone captured of the station
> with a webcam. I believe the shuttle was docked at the station and
> there was a surprising amount of detail in the picture.
>
> Where's the best place to find out when the station will be passing
> overhead?
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Bill Maney <bill.maney@No-Spam
> <mailto:bill.maney@No-Spam>> wrote:
>
> Having more or less finished building my new 12.5" dob, I took it
> out last night for a tricky project: I was able to see and track
> the ISS. I'm sure I'm not the first to try this with a dob, but
> I'd recommend trying it. Pretty fun. The view was pretty wobbly
> since there was quite a bit of "shutter shake", but I could
> definitely see that it was quite irregular in shape. Also, there
> were clouds and branches in the way, since it was skimming low.
> (It's fun also that the big dob can see "through" thick branches).
> Tonight (8:40pm) it will pass nearly directly over my house, so
> I'm hoping the clouds stay away.
> One feature that I plan to add (tonight?) is a 2nd secondary
> bracket so that I can guide the scope from the opposite side while
> someone else looks through the main eyepiece. I was planning to do
> this eventually anyway for school star parties (they often bump
> stuff and the earth turns). That way I can park the scope in the
> path and let it stop wobbling (~1sec) while my friend can be
> looking, for clearer, shorter views. The plan is to swap places
> at Dobson's hole.
> Should make for an interesting 5 minutes.
> Bill
>
>
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