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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Saturn and the ISS
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 9 Jul, 2022
| Image Credit & Copyright: Tom Glenn
Posted on 07/09/2022 1:40:25 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Soaring high in skies around planet Earth, bright planet Saturn was a star of June's morning planet parade. But very briefly on June 24 it posed with a bright object in low Earth orbit, the International Space Station. On that date from a school parking lot in Temecula, California the ringed-planet and International Space Station were both caught in this single high-speed video frame. Though Saturn was shining at +0.5 stellar magnitude the space station was an even brighter -3 on the magnitude scale. That difference in brightness is faithfully represented in the video capture frame. In the challenging image, the orbiting ISS was at a range of 602 kilometers. Saturn was about 1.4 billion kilometers from the school parking lot.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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posted on
07/09/2022 1:40:42 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
07/09/2022 1:41:17 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Temecula School???
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I’ve hung out by the
Duck Pond with dogbytrer($)
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posted on
07/09/2022 2:14:45 PM PDT
by
mowowie
To: Big Red Badger; DogByte6RER
Did you take This Photo?
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Cheers!
To: MtnClimber
Timing, timing, timing....
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posted on
07/09/2022 2:29:09 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
That is an amazing picture!
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posted on
07/09/2022 2:34:14 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: telescope115
It’s a single frame of video...So I’d guess timing wasn’t much of an issue. Great image!
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posted on
07/09/2022 2:39:41 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
At least no your anus jokes for this.
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posted on
07/09/2022 3:23:52 PM PDT
by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: Colt1851Navy
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posted on
07/09/2022 3:39:10 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: MtnClimber
Their relative motions are easily seen in the high speed capture. They had to cypher correctly to get that shot.
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posted on
07/09/2022 4:20:42 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
To: MtnClimber
Excellent!!
If we were going to build a space station, then we were right to build it bigger than Saturn.
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posted on
07/09/2022 5:24:22 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: mowowie
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posted on
07/09/2022 6:24:37 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
To: Puppage
To: DannyTN
I hope they can get a photo with ET in the foreground, or maybe Hillary riding her broom.
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posted on
07/10/2022 4:41:02 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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"I hope they can get a photo with ET in the foreground, or maybe Hillary riding her broom.You repeat yourself.
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posted on
07/10/2022 9:07:15 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
From my Navy days: A long time ago, on a WestPac far, far away ...
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posted on
09/29/2022 1:38:37 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
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