LUNAR TRANSIT

by Techno News | 11/16/2008 10:02:00 AM in |


On Nov. 10th in the sky above Livermore, California, a shadow flitted across the nearly-full Moon. It moved too fast for the human eye, but astronomer Ed Morana's digital video camera was able to freeze the action. "It's the International Space Station almost directly in front of crater Tycho" says Morana. The ISS orbits Earth at 17,000 mph; Morana's 4-second video of the transit shows how quickly it crossed the Moon. "In the field, I did not see the ISS transit at all. It was only when I returned home and reviewed the video tape, that I noticed a very fast streak zipping through the corner of the field of view."

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