Images shot on Tuesday Sept 8th, 2009. A few hrs after STS-128 undocked with ISS
Shot with a Nikon D40
(Click on any thumbnail to see a larger 1504x1000 JPEG image)
Pass Details
| Date: |
Tuesday, 08 September, 2009
|
| Satellite: | ISS |
| Observer's Location: | New Brighton, MN USA (
45.0660°N, 93.2020°W) |
| Local Time: |
Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5:00)
|
| Orbit: |
341 x 354 km, 51.6°
(Epoch 07 Sep) |
Sun altitude at time of
maximum pass altitude: |
-7.9° |
| Event | Time |
Altitude
|
Azimuth
| Distance (km) |
|---|
| Rises above horizon |
20:12:42 |
0° |
212° (SSW) |
2,119 |
| Reaches 10° altitude |
20:14:51 |
10° |
200° (SSW) |
1,286 |
| Maximum altitude |
20:17:20 |
26° |
140° (SE ) |
716 |
| Enters shadow |
20:19:49 |
10° |
80° (E ) |
1,296 |
| Drops below 10° altitude |
20:19:48 |
10° |
80° (E ) |
1,293 |
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 20:17 CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/5.6
New Brighton, MN USA
|
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 20:18 CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/11
New Brighton, MN USA
|
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 20:18 CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/11
New Brighton, MN USA
|
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 20:18 CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/11
New Brighton, MN USA |
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 20:18 CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/11
New Brighton, MN USA |
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 20:19 CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/11
New Brighton, MN USA |
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 20:17 CDT
Three 5 sec exposures ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/5.6& F11
New Brighton, MN USA |
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 20:17 CDT
Three 5 sec exposures ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/11
New Brighton, MN USA |
Pass Details
| Date: |
Tuesday, 08 September, 2009
|
| Satellite: | ISS |
| Observer's Location: | New Brighton, MN USA (
45.0660°N, 93.2020°W) |
| Local Time: |
Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5:00)
|
| Orbit: |
341 x 354 km, 51.6°
(Epoch 07 Sep) |
Sun altitude at time of
maximum pass altitude: |
-22.9° |
| Event | Time |
Altitude
|
Azimuth
| Distance (km) |
|---|
| Rises above horizon |
21:47:38 |
0° |
256° (WSW) |
2,124 |
| Reaches 10° altitude |
21:49:40 |
10° |
263° (W ) |
1,291 |
| Maximum altitude |
21:51:20 |
28° |
284° (WNW) |
683 |
| Enters shadow |
21:51:20 |
28° |
284° (WNW) |
683 |
Sept 8th, 2009 21:51CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=18mm f/4
New Brighton, MN USA |
ISS-20 & STS-128
Sept 8th, 2009 21:51CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=18mm f/4
New Brighton, MN USA |
ISS-20 & STS-128
Sept 8th, 2009 21:51CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=18mm f/4
New Brighton, MN USA |
ISS-20 & STS-128
Sept 8th, 2009 21:51CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=18mm f/4
New Brighton, MN USA |
ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 21:51CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=18mm f/4
New Brighton, MN USA |
ISS-20 & STS-128 behind clouds
Sept 8th, 2009 21:51CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=18mm f/4
New Brighton, MN USA |
ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 21:52CDT
5 sec exposure ISO=1600
Focal Length=18mm f/4
New Brighton, MN USA |
STS-128 & ISS-20
Sept 8th, 2009 21:51 CDT
Six 5 sec exposures ISO=1600
Focal Length=31mm f/11
New Brighton, MN USA |
The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line
orbital elements,
1 25544U 98067A 09250.91774547 +.00006489 +00000-0 +48892-4 0 05684
2 25544 051.6388 242.1423 0009215 064.9948 030.0708 15.73986045618986
| Epoch (UTC): | 22:01:33, Monday, September 7, 2009 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.0009215 |
| Inclination: | 51.6388° |
| Perigee height: | 341 km |
| Apogee height: | 354 km |
| Right Ascension of ascending node: | 242.1423° |
| Argument of perigee: | 64.9948° |
| Revolutions per day: | 15.73986045 |
| Mean anomaly at epoch: | 30.0708° |
| Orbit number at epoch: | 61898 |
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