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Mr Whippy

posted on 2/6/09 at 01:26 PM Reply With Quote
cool pic

taken off the NASA web site -

Photograph taken from the ground of the Atlantis shuttle passing infront of the sun while in its in orbit with just a 5 inch refractor telescope

now that's a hard shot to get







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coozer

posted on 2/6/09 at 01:51 PM Reply With Quote
get away...





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Mr Whippy

posted on 2/6/09 at 02:43 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
get away...


from the horses mouth - NASA linky

quite a beast of a telescope though -




[Edited on 2/6/09 by Mr Whippy]





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Mr Whippy

posted on 2/6/09 at 02:47 PM Reply With Quote
the planet venus (same size as the earth) doing the same thing (for scale)







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mistergrumpy

posted on 2/6/09 at 03:52 PM Reply With Quote
Flies on a foam ball.
Very cool pictures.






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