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Does ISS cast (moving) shadow ?, Who wanna try this ? |
  Oct 26 2006, 07:19 PM
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I've red, a long time ago, that only 3 celestrial bodies cast shadow on Earth : Sun, Moon and Venus. I checked it out , and it's true.(I mean for Venus
 )Now, if you look the figures, the magnitude of the ISS is way less than Venus' but, when you SEE the ISS, at least to my eyes, it looks, sometimes, way brighter than Venus. Hence my question : does the ISS casts shadow? I'll be hard to run the experience because,as Venus, the ISS is visible only after the Sun set or before the Sun rise which means you'll have to find the rigth day and be at the right place. If somebody can prove ISS actualy casts shadow, it'll be a (fast) MOVING shadow. Sun, Moon and Venus can't do that. The only "celestrial bodies" that could cast moving shadows would be very bright meteroits, entering vehicules from space, ... Reactions? -------------------- |
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May 21 2007, 08:17 PM
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climber Does ISS cast (moving) shadow ? Oct 26 2006, 07:19 PM
djellison I've seen a mag -8 iridium flare cast a shadow... Oct 26 2006, 07:26 PM
paxdan Yes of course it can cast a shadow. It is abundant... Oct 26 2006, 11:39 PM climber QUOTE (paxdan @ Oct 27 2006, 01:39 AM) Ye... Oct 26 2006, 11:51 PM Sunspot I doubt a ISS shadow would be possible to detect w... Oct 27 2006, 12:10 AM nprev Venus' max brightness is usually around mag -4... Oct 27 2006, 12:51 AM djellison Well - currently it gets to about -1 - I'm thi... Oct 27 2006, 07:44 AM ugordan ISS moving rapidly might actually help the human e... Oct 27 2006, 08:34 AM helvick I just came across this interesting exercise to ca... May 21 2007, 07:49 PM DDAVIS The venus shadows are pretty cool though -snip-
... May 21 2007, 11:12 PM edstrick A full-up low-light real-time image intensifier sy... May 22 2007, 09:18 AM Rob Pinnegar Right. Next trick: capturing shadows cast by Uranu... May 22 2007, 10:45 PM Floyd If the angle subtended by the ISS is less than the... May 22 2007, 11:19 PM AndyG Floyd, the shadows being discussed are from sunlig... May 23 2007, 07:14 AM |
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