Another space race: This time the ISS takes on a passenger jet. This 113 second exposure encompasses 540 miles of ISS flight (4.86 miles per second) and 13 miles of jet flight (0.11...

guardineer

This time the ISS takes on a passenger jet. This 113 second exposure encompasses 540 miles of ISS flight (4.86 miles per second) and 13 miles of jet flight (0.11 miles per second). This morning's passage over Livingston, MT appeared, from my perspective) very near Polaris (the North Star) and also intersecting the handle of the Big Dipper. Tomorrow morning's passage will be much brighter so I am hoping for another clear night. I use an app called ISS Detector for data on the International Space Station. It has an array of solar panels 364 by 240 feet and includes basically a 6 bedroom, 2 bathroom house.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

Cool.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Very cool! I watch ISS flyovers occasionally but have light pollution to contend with. You appear to have a nice dark sky?

TBerwick Loc: Houston, Texas

I like that shot. Have the same app & the wife & I go outside once in a while to watch the passage.

Cmbtvet Loc: Elmira, NY

Very cool

guardineer

It is pretty dark but town is 10 miles north and a 40,000 population town 30 miles west so I try to avoid that. A wilderness area border is 2 mile east, Yellowstone Park to the south. Something funny though, my neighbor is a California transplant and since having a bear in her yard 3 weeks ago she has had every outdoor light on 24/7. Looks like Yankee Stadium lights and I did crop that from photo. I'm hoping she's bright enough to shut the lights off when the bears hibernate in a few weeks.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

guardineer wrote:

It is pretty dark but town is 10 miles north and a 40,000 population town 30 miles west so I try to avoid that. A wilderness area border is 2 mile east, Yellowstone Park to the south. Something funny though, my neighbor is a California transplant and since having a bear in her yard 3 weeks ago she has had every outdoor light on 24/7. Looks like Yankee Stadium lights and I did crop that from photo. I'm hoping she's bright enough to shut the lights off when the bears hibernate in a few weeks.

Thanks!

Joe Blow

Thanks for sharing. We have too much light pollution around here. Between the towns and hamlets every 10 miles and every farmer leaving their barn yard lights on, it is impossible to get a good night exposure.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

guardineer wrote:

It is pretty dark but town is 10 miles north and a 40,000 population town 30 miles west so I try to avoid that. A wilderness area border is 2 mile east, Yellowstone Park to the south. Something funny though, my neighbor is a California transplant and since having a bear in her yard 3 weeks ago she has had every outdoor light on 24/7. Looks like Yankee Stadium lights and I did crop that from photo. I'm hoping she's bright enough to shut the lights off when the bears hibernate in a few weeks.

Nothing funny about light pollution, it really messes up the night sky viewing. The lights won't keep the bears away.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

Very well done.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good capture.

Floyd2 Loc: Littletown WI

Nice pic

KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan

How do you get such short star-trails with such a long exposure. Anything over 30 seconds tends to give me quite a noticeable arc.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

You must have been up around 5:00AM to get that shot. Nice work.