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Old 21-05-2009, 09:01 PM
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HST and STS-125 double pass over Brisbane, 21May09

Hi all,

After 322 mm rain in about 52 hrs here, we had a bit of clear sky today. This coincided with a great double pass of the now-repaired Hubble Space Telescope, followed about 24 minutes later by its repairers on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125)! I managed to capture both of them this evening rising in the region of Canis Major, using my K100D and 70-300mm lens set on 70mm. First time I've seen the shuttle unattached to the ISS, so that was a bit of a buzz .

Anyway, here is an image showing both of them. Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen
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