Discovery & ISS Chase - April 19th

[martinastro]

They put on a splendid show this morning at 04.17 BST, first image is Discovery, second ISS and Discovery retreating into the NE.

[Paul]

#1 especially is a stonker Martin! And the good news is you get another go at it tomorrow morning too.

Paul.

[brianb]

Yeah, I saw this at the end of my "all night" session - but didn't attempt to photograph it - was expecting ISS but forgot about the undocked Shuttle. I found it accidentally when looking for eps Peg (the brightish star almost in the middle of the second image) which is my starting point for star hopping to the field of RU Peg ... having dragged my "grab & go" to the other side of the road to get a clear line of sight, & having to put up with bright street lighting too. Pointed in the approx direction, looked through finder, located star ... then realised it was moving ....

BTW I did find the field of RU Peg - RU itself was at minimum, below mag. 12.0.

you get another go at it tomorrow morning too

Weather looks non cooperative.

[markt]

Fantastic shots Marting 

[rjgjr]

Great shots Martin, both of them. The weather is marginal in Florida for tomorrow and rain at Edwards!! White Sands??

[paulster78]

Brilliant shots, no.2 for me with Discovery in the distance.  Set the alarm for 04:00 this morning and had a look out the bedroom window to see cloud with the odd star peeping through       So back to bed.

[martinastro]

Thanks for the comments guys, it was worth staying up late for, never tried the second morning.

[martinastro]

Thanks Dennis, best of luck with your comet observing