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Originally Posted by peter_4059
Good work to capture all three Stephen. Can't wait to see how the "new" Hubble performs.
Peter
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Thanks Peter. Yes, the new WFPC3 etc should be great!
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Originally Posted by erick
Now who wants this photographic challenge? Atlantis should occult the HST in about 8 hours time. It is 5000 nautical miles behind, but orbiting faster. It will pass between the Earth and HST with about 100 nautical miles separation.
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Hey, that would be a great thing to capture, Eric! I'll have to keep an eye on SpaceWeather and see if anyone there got something similar.
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Originally Posted by Spanrz
Shuttle lands Friday night around 1am AUS EST, de-orbit burn is usually about an hour before. But because they are at 28 degrees, I don't know on the delay.
They will probably pass right over Brisbane again, whilst doing the descent.
I have figured now, the only way to capture a re-entry, a few hours after sunlight, is with a thermal camera.
Shuttle goes into shadows of the Earth.
Eric, do you know what the time limit is to see a satellite or ISS/Shuttle before it goes into shadows of the Earth?
Depending on height and all ETC ETC..
But I'm gauging on about approx 2 hours after sunset?
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It sounds like the weather might delay the landing a few hours, so we may yet get to see the descent... Will have to wait and see.
Cheers,
Stephen