Awesome 5D2 photo: Space Shuttle Atlantis and HST solar transit at DVinfo.net

Chris Hurd · May 15th, 2009, 02:58 PM

This photo just blows my mind... taken with the 5D Mk. II and a telescope, of Atlantis about to grapple the Hubble Space Telescope, in solar transit (that is, between the camera and the sun as seen from the camera's point of view). Absolutely incredible!

photograph by Thierry Legault: http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/atl...t_transit.html

Wayne Avanson · May 15th, 2009, 03:36 PM

now THAT'S and ambitious project to tackle!

Great shot though,brilliant

Avey

Peter Gjevre · May 15th, 2009, 04:25 PM

Very impressive

Chris Hurd · May 15th, 2009, 05:55 PM

Talk about being in the right place at the right time... according to his notes (his data generated by http://www.calsky.com/), he had to shoot from a corridor on Earth (he was in Florida) that was only 5.6 kilometers wide, and the transit of Atlantis across the face of the sun was an event lasting only 8/10ths of a second. He used the "spray and pray" method, firing a burst that began two seconds before the event, and got lucky with one frame.

The photograph, plus the effort and planning he put into making it, just astounds me.

Daniel Browning · May 15th, 2009, 08:41 PM

Space shuttle? Pfft. How about an actual astronaut (!)

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Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,371 Images: 513	Talk about being in the right place at the right time... according to his notes (his data generated by http://www.calsky.com/), he had to shoot from a corridor on Earth (he was in Florida) that was only 5.6 kilometers wide, and the transit of Atlantis across the face of the sun was an event lasting only 8/10ths of a second. He used the "spray and pray" method, firing a burst that began two seconds before the event, and got lucky with one frame. The photograph, plus the effort and planning he put into making it, just astounds me. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

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Daniel Browning Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 949	NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day - ISS spacewalker Space shuttle? Pfft. How about an actual astronaut (!)

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Wayne Avanson Major Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lancashire UK Posts: 496	now THAT'S and ambitious project to tackle! Great shot though,brilliant Avey