Re: Where was ISS at time of the meteor pic?

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Tue Aug 16 2011 - 16:15:21 UTC

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    Op 16-8-2011 16:38, Thomas Ashcraft schreef:
    > Cool photo of a Perseid from space, taken by astronaut Ron Garan aboard ISS.
    >
    > http://twitpic.com/662hqp
    >
    > :
    > I wonder where the ISS was at the time of that meteor?  Maybe there was
    > also an image of that particular fireball taken from Earth by a meteor
    > observer somewhere? It would be neat to get multiple views.
    
    The picture was taken on 13 Aug 19:17 UTC. ISS was moving from the Gobi near the 
    Chinese-Mongolian border to Beijing, approx. 44-42 N, 111-115 E, at that time.
    
    - Marco
    
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