Geeky Moment: Spacewalking Astronaut Seen From Earth Using Backyard Telescope
2009 December 20
Via Wired.com:
With a big enough telescope and some good fortune, an amateur astronomer can look into the sky and see humans at the space station.
Here’s the proof. On March 21, 2009, astronaut Joe Acaba stepped into space for some extravehicular activity. Down on Earth, Ralf Vandebergh was in his backyard, pointing a 10 inch-telescope at the International Space Station as it passed over Europe.
In reviewing the photos he shot, he saw a few bright pixels appear precisely where the work was going on at exactly the moment it was being conducted. In other words, he was looking at an astronaut!
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ISS Seen From Earth
Geeky, but cool.
@Matt: I thought so… Being a card carrying nerd and all.