SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon at constellation Draco
Taken by Monika Landy-Gyebnar on September 23, 2014 @ Veszprem, Hungary
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Date Taken: 2014:09:23 06:38:40
 
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After a completely cloudy night before dawn the clouds began to thin. SpaceX Dragon was to cross my northern sky at 03:03 UT leaving Earth's shadow right by the head of the constellation Draco. The small supply spaceship was prediceted to have a brightness only +3 magnitudes after leaving the shadow and quickly fading back to +5 and then +7 magnitudes. I could see it only for some moments as the brightest of its path was through thin clouds but it was epic to have the Dragon right at Draco, its namesake! In some hours the Dragon would be captured by Alexander Gerst on ISS, and with my pic of Dragon I wish to thank him the huge amounts of awsome photoes he takes from space.
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According to some useful words exchanged with Marián Šabo at his pic (http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=102132) my photo above is NOT Dragon but probably one of its solar panel covers. Dragon was already close to ISS which flew mostly in clouds, but still I have the small supply ship before it faded into the morning light: http://kepfeltoltes.hu/140926/iss-dragon-0923_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
I have to thank to Marián for his help!
Posted by LandyGyebnar 2014-09-26 11:37:53
 
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