小海 发表于 2010-5-26 16:00

有人追X-37吗？

米国神秘航天飞机，追ISS的各位可以考虑一下，已经有爱好者拍到了


SECRET SPACE PLANE:NASA's space shuttle program may be winding down, but the US Air Force's is just getting started. On April 22nd, the USAF launched an unmanned mini-shuttle from Cape Canaveral on a secret mission widely thought to involve reconnaissance. The X-37B can now be seen gliding through the night sky shining about as brightly as the stars of the Big Dipper. On Sunday night, Gary O. photographed it streaking over the treetops of his home in Fort Davis, Texas:

"This was my first chance to photograph the X-37B," says Gary. "It was easy to see. I estimate its magnitude at about +2.8."

The whereabouts of the X-37B were unknown until May 20th when amateur satellite watchers Greg Roberts of Cape Town, South Africa, and Kevin Fetter of Brockville, Canada, independently spotted it. Another satellite sleuth, Ted Molczan of Toronto, Canada, combined their observations to determine the space plane's orbit. With this information in hand, Fetter was able to find the X-37B again the next night; here it is on May 21st passing the 3rd-magnitude star Sadalsuud in Aquarius.

这个网站有flyby预警
http://spaceweather.com/flybys/?PHPSESSID=jvladui31imtqauau34gnqj4n6

qjy08 发表于 2010-5-26 16:32

昨天群里有个同好拍到了

小海 发表于 2010-5-26 17:04

回复 2# qjy08

哇，有图吗？

theurgy 发表于 2010-5-26 17:27

回复 2# qjy08


    上图也让我们瞻仰瞻仰呀！::070821_11.jpg::

qjy08 发表于 2010-5-26 18:32

回复 4# theurgy


    他只在群里发了一下 我没保存

qjy08 发表于 2010-5-26 18:33

回复 3# 小海


    我没保存::070821_07.jpg::

小海 发表于 2010-5-28 08:31

又有人看到了，据说至少比大角亮两倍
X-37B 闪光:Last night, amateur astronomer Scott Ferguson witnessed an "X-37B flare." As the space plane glided across the night sky of Bradenton, Florida, "it brightened to be at least twice the brightness of Arcturus. I'd say it was about magnitude -0.8 at the peak of the flare," he reports. Sunlight must be occasionally glinting from a flat surface--perhaps the bottom or doors of the space plane's payload bay. Readers, turn your cell phone into a space plane tracker and be alert for flares.

zhoutong1110 发表于 2010-5-29 16:05

我也关注着，不过这几天天气一直不行，heavens-above上有预报的

小海 发表于 2010-6-2 09:11

再来一张，别人拍的（Bryan Murahashi），俺没相机没镜子只有眼馋，

   
       
Bryan Murahashi
Image taken:May. 30, 2010
Location:San Jose, Ca, USA
Details:The X-37B seemed to flare as it passed through the Big Dipper. Nikon D300, 26s f/2.8 at 24.0mm iso320

mm0443 发表于 2010-6-2 09:34

zhoutong1110 发表于 2010-6-2 21:40

端午回家拍。。。南京夜空时红色的。。。
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