Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 5:28:21 GMT -6
I was out with the telescope early this morning and was checking out an occultation of one of Jupiters moons emerging from behind the planet and I decided to rest my eyes for a minute from the telescope.
I looked over to the south and saw what had a comet like appearance with 2 tails spanning out but I knew there wasn't a comet within naked eye viewing range.
I hollered for Kelly to come and look as I aligned the t-scope to get a closer look and I asked her to grab the camera. We both viewed this object for about 30 minutes and I suggested to her that it was most likely a rocket entering orbit but we had never seen one this far inland. I snapped several shots with our cheapo camera's and attempted to take videos through the scope but odds are they probably wont show anything from either one. I then googled to see what it was we saw. It was so awesome !
The strange thing though was that the tail was facing northward as if it was traveling in a southbound trajectory but when I looked through the scope it was moving east.
When it finally vanished I showed her Orion's nebula( M42). It was another beautiful morning in the Ozarks.
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NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes successfully launched Aug. 30 at 4:05 a.m. EDT aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Date: (U/R)
Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Vehicle: Antares
Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility
Launch Pad: 0A
Description: The Antares is scheduled for a test flight under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company.
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes successfully launched Aug. 30 at 4:05 a.m. EDT aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Date: (U/R)
Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Vehicle: Antares
Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility
Launch Pad: 0A
Description: The Antares is scheduled for a test flight under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company.
I looked over to the south and saw what had a comet like appearance with 2 tails spanning out but I knew there wasn't a comet within naked eye viewing range.
I hollered for Kelly to come and look as I aligned the t-scope to get a closer look and I asked her to grab the camera. We both viewed this object for about 30 minutes and I suggested to her that it was most likely a rocket entering orbit but we had never seen one this far inland. I snapped several shots with our cheapo camera's and attempted to take videos through the scope but odds are they probably wont show anything from either one. I then googled to see what it was we saw. It was so awesome !
The strange thing though was that the tail was facing northward as if it was traveling in a southbound trajectory but when I looked through the scope it was moving east.
When it finally vanished I showed her Orion's nebula( M42). It was another beautiful morning in the Ozarks.
*************************************************************
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes successfully launched Aug. 30 at 4:05 a.m. EDT aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Date: (U/R)
Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Vehicle: Antares
Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility
Launch Pad: 0A
Description: The Antares is scheduled for a test flight under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company.
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes successfully launched Aug. 30 at 4:05 a.m. EDT aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Date: (U/R)
Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Vehicle: Antares
Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility
Launch Pad: 0A
Description: The Antares is scheduled for a test flight under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company.