STS-131 Earth based images

[ralfvandebergh]

subject: STS-131 Discovery in orbit on April 19
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Hi, I'm new to this forum, I'm a space-science journalist in the Netherlands and a telescopic spaceflight photographer.

http://ralfvandebergh.startje.be/vieuw.php?qid=303316

I Worked hard this week to process STS-131 images taken during the last days,
on its trip back to Earth. This one was taken on the original planned landing day.
It descended already a bit which helped certainly in resolution compared with my
earlier images taken of the mission. This was a 72 degrees pass, far from
closest distance, so theoretically, resolution can still be improved. What helped
enormously, was the great seeing above our location on that day. There is a
chance, that this is one of my last images of Discovery, depending on
circumstances and passes.

Additionally, we see some last views of the MPLM carried back to Earth....

Imaging: 10 inch f/4.8 Newtonian, manually tracked, ATIK instruments
ATK-2C camera, 1/500 sec exp)

Best wishes,
Ralf Vandebergh


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[EarthlingX]

Impressive

STS-131 Mission threads :
- after launch : STS-131/19A Mission thread (after Launch)
- before launch : STS-131 Pre Launch Discussion (April 5,6:21 AM EDT)

Bit of a posting help, i recommend checking tag for images, at least :
Relativity Calculator - post 14

Welcome to SDC !

 

[shuttle_guy]

Very good pictures considering the distance and tracking issues.