(Vocus/PRWEB) March 30, 2011
Backyard astronomers have been fascinated with capturing images of the International Space Station (ISS) for years. This in itself is not an easy feat considering that the IIS orbits the earth at about 17,240 miles per hour! At this speed, it completes nearly 16 earth orbits per day.
British amateur astronomer Martin Lewis has taken numerous images of the International Space Station (see Martins website here: http://ralfvandebergh.startje.be/). Earlier this month, he snagged a pretty unique picture. Using his home made telescope and a webcam, he took a picture of the Space Station, and caught astronaut Steve Bowen at the same time. The image was taken on March 2nd at 18.48 UT, the exact same time when Steve Bowen was outside the Station near the Columbus Lab.
Could something similar be accomplished with popular Orion telescopes? Its very likely. Martin took his picture with his home made telescope which is an 8.75 inch reflector telescope. For the camera, he used a monochrome 640
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