Bright X-37B

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

There was a relatively bright (mag 2.3) pass of the "secret" X-37B spaceplane over Brisbane at 6:08 pm this evening. It's only the second time I've seen it, and it was bright enough to easily capture this time. This image is a 10 second exposure with my 70-300mm telephoto at 70mm, as the X-37B was passing through Virgo.

Interesting write-up on the X-37B here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

Cheers,
Stephen

[Quark (Trevor)]

Strewth Stephen, might get a knock on the door from the CIA.

Well done
Regards
Trevor

[Dennis]

Nice capture Stephen and strewth, is it clear outside?? Last time I looked we were clouded out!

Cheers

Dennis

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Trevor and Dennis.

Originally Posted by Dennis

...is it clear outside?? Last time I looked we were clouded out!

I managed to grab this shot just before the clouds rolled in, Dennis!

Cheers,
Stephen

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

It's paybacks, if they can watch us FROM orbit, we can watch them IN orbit.

Nice one Stephen.