Archive for April, 2010

Milky Way Window in Space

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Wow. STS-131 Commander Alan Poindexter captured this image with a Nikon D3S the day after undocking from the ISS, showing the Milky Way out the PLTs window.

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Happy Earth Day

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

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Venus, Moon and Mercury

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Not a great photo, it was breezy, and Mercury was sinking fast into the trees this evening.

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The show will return Friday evening with the Moon a bit higher so check it out.

It’s going to rain here tomorrow, so I may not be able to grab a shot, but if I do, I’ll be sure to share it here with you all.

“the beckster”

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

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this is kinda cool…

I’ve had a camera named for me!   My friend at holgamods.com made it!

ISS and Discovery fly through Cygnus

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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It was worth braving the 25 degree temperature this morning to watch this very nice pass of ISS and Discovery through Cygnus.

East is down in the image above.  NOTE*** I’m going to replace this image later today after I determine why I can’t see it here on the blog like it actually is from the camera.  Odd, they usually load perfectly….glitches and gremlins I reckon!