Tiangong 1 and Shenzhou 9 pass by Venus

[von Tom]

A nice close pass of Venus by the space station Tiangong 1 and the docked Shenzhou 9 spacecraft this morning at 5:42am in Brisbane. Taken at Nundah on the predicted centreline of a transit by Calsky. Missed it by that much. Video here: http://youtu.be/BK5VKE5VQrw

Thanks for looking,

Tom

[multiweb]

Haha! Nice catch. Very cool colors in the trail. :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Nicely captured Tom! Looks great next to the crescent Venus!

I was out capturing it as well. Here they are passing Achernar (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=865706#post865706) .

Cheers,
Stephen

[von Tom]

Thanks Marc and Stephen. The planets and spacecraft were 8 degrees above the horizon, making for a colourful and bubbly image.

Tom

[asimov]

Nice catch there Tom!

[Tamtarn]

Great shots, the video is fantastic!
Barb

[multiweb]

+1 very cool video. :thumbsup:

[von Tom]

Thanks guys. The video was not tracked so you can see that Venus swings through the field about 7 seconds before the spacecraft got there.

Tom