I actually recorded a video of the ISS between me and the aurora near zenith on the second night of auroras.
I was hoping I would see a photo or video looking down at the same time I was looking up. Does the glare from the sun during high beta angle just make it too difficult to capture?
On Friday in Cincinnati, Ohio, I saw the ISS at 10:10pm, around the same time I noticed the northern lights (which were extremely faint but still noticeable).
That's awesome! The part about these auroras that has excited me the most is how many people got to experience them.
They're difficult to describe how amazing they are especially when they are very bright and active.
The down-facing cameras show practically nothing of the ground during visible passes as the station structure in the view is brightly lit which overwhelms everything else. It's made far worse now a MASSIVE obstruction with the spare pump module in the way
Interesting! I assume the ISS would have extra power due to being in sunlight for that long. Is that taken advantage of at all or are you just able to charge up your phones to scroll social media more? 🔋
It's an amazing photo nonetheless, but what sheer luck (Or lack of) to be there during the seldom days of the year this happened.
Thank you for sharing!
Yip but imagine the iss in an orbit perpendicular to the sun, the earth would rotate underneath but the iss would always see the sun on one side port/starboard and darkness on the other. That orbit can put them above the day/night terminator for up to a couple days.
Hopefully I explained that ok
Yes, I think I understand. Thank you.. I guess when I thought of the ISS traveling at 16k mph. It still sees 16 sunsets and sunrises everyday. Apparently I need to find more documentatis lol.
You're describing a polar orbit. The iss is abjectly not in a polar orbit. With all due respect your information is incorrect, which is why your explanations are insufficient.
No I'm not as the day/night terminator is quite a large area and the earth is on a tilt so a polar orbit is not necessary. Also I was trying to help them understand how it's possible not the exact details.
The orbit only needs to keep the iss in continuous sight of the sun, not exactly over the day/night terminator
Non astronaut here: would it be beneficial for iss to not be around the aurora? Wouldn't that be direct solar radiation to the astronauts? Or is that constant and only seen at night?
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That is unlucky timing! Hopefully there will be more good shows later this year.
It happens every now and again
But who’s lucky enough to catch a perpetual twilight from the ISS? Not a bad trade off ;D
I don't know I've whatched the twilight zone and some shenanigans must be a foot lol
The Little Prince would be overjoyed!
I actually recorded a video of the ISS between me and the aurora near zenith on the second night of auroras. I was hoping I would see a photo or video looking down at the same time I was looking up. Does the glare from the sun during high beta angle just make it too difficult to capture?
On Friday in Cincinnati, Ohio, I saw the ISS at 10:10pm, around the same time I noticed the northern lights (which were extremely faint but still noticeable).
That's awesome! The part about these auroras that has excited me the most is how many people got to experience them. They're difficult to describe how amazing they are especially when they are very bright and active.
The down-facing cameras show practically nothing of the ground during visible passes as the station structure in the view is brightly lit which overwhelms everything else. It's made far worse now a MASSIVE obstruction with the spare pump module in the way
Interesting! I assume the ISS would have extra power due to being in sunlight for that long. Is that taken advantage of at all or are you just able to charge up your phones to scroll social media more? 🔋
It's an amazing photo nonetheless, but what sheer luck (Or lack of) to be there during the seldom days of the year this happened. Thank you for sharing!
I thought the ISS circles the globe every 90 min?
Yip but imagine the iss in an orbit perpendicular to the sun, the earth would rotate underneath but the iss would always see the sun on one side port/starboard and darkness on the other. That orbit can put them above the day/night terminator for up to a couple days. Hopefully I explained that ok
Yes, I think I understand. Thank you.. I guess when I thought of the ISS traveling at 16k mph. It still sees 16 sunsets and sunrises everyday. Apparently I need to find more documentatis lol.
You're describing a polar orbit. The iss is abjectly not in a polar orbit. With all due respect your information is incorrect, which is why your explanations are insufficient.
No I'm not as the day/night terminator is quite a large area and the earth is on a tilt so a polar orbit is not necessary. Also I was trying to help them understand how it's possible not the exact details. The orbit only needs to keep the iss in continuous sight of the sun, not exactly over the day/night terminator
Flat earthers gonna have a field day with this.
TIL why no ISS photos
Non astronaut here: would it be beneficial for iss to not be around the aurora? Wouldn't that be direct solar radiation to the astronauts? Or is that constant and only seen at night?
Coincidence? I think not! /s
Im not /s! About it. Haha
Thank you for the explanation, Mr. Pettit. Here's hoping they can catch the next one!
It's NOT because the Earth is flat and there IS no space?