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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня МКС над обсерваторией Мон-Мегантик http://www.variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1223156/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Guillaume Poulin
(Astrolab du Parc du Mont-Megantic)
Explanation:
On August 1st, a time
exposure
created this surreal view that
looks up into the early morning sky over southern Quebec.
Only the light
from a nearly Full Moon brightens the
sky and highlights the dome of the 1.6 meter telescope at
Mont-Megantic Observatory.
Shadowy figures on the catwalk are astronomers who have
interrupted their work
to glimpse
the International Space Station
(ISS) streaking overhead.
The brightest "star" in the moonlit sky, the ISS was easy to spot
moving through a background of stars in the high-flying constellation
Pegasus.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.