Thierry Legault: Ground Based Endeavour/ISS Images
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Thierry Legault has posted images of Endeavour docked to the ISS during STS-134. Thierry has been gracious enough to allow use of his images on dearastronomer.com, so enjoy this treat:
Passage of the International Space Station and Endeavour, taken on May 29th 2011 at 3:55UT from the area of Pau, France, after installation of the AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer). The video is accelerated 2.5 times (acquisition at 10 fps, video at 25 fps). The altitude of the ISS is 360 km (200 miles), for a size of a hundred metres. The speed of ISS is 17,000 miles per hour and its angular speed at zenith is 1.3° per second. Image Credit: Thierry Legault/Emmanuel Rietsch
You can view more of Theirry’s amazing images and videos taken during STS-134 at: http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/STS-134.html
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:06:10
Source: http://www.dearastronomer.com/2011/06/06/thierry-legault-ground-based-endeavouriss-images/
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