DAS26miles wrote:
So cool! We just went out and caught a beautiful view of the ISS passing over. Tried my binoculars. Got it in view a few times and gave up. Too jerky and moving too fast.
Guess it was traveling about 300 miles a minute or 5 miles a second. Cross the USA in 8 minutes compared to 10 months 150 years ago.
Well, when I said "stabilized binos", I was talking about something like these:
http://www.opticsplanet.com/canon-10x30is.html ;)
But, you gave it a shot. Like I said, just sit back and enjoy the show. And don't forget the Iridium Flash sats. They only last a minute or so, but hone your ability to spot short term anomalies in the sky.
LS
