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A sharpshooter on Reddit posted a pretty incredible snapshot to the Space subreddit over the weekend: The International Space Station, as seen from his backyard on Saturday night<\/a>.<\/p> The user, who goes by 120decibel<\/a>, explained that he nabbed the shot using what sounds like a relatively expensive telescoping rig (upwards of $7,000, according to another user’s estimate), and manually tracked the ISS in the night sky with a viewfinder (as it moves a a pretty fast clip — at about 17,500 MPH).<\/p> You might not have a $7,000 telescoping rig and enough experience to nail thing thing in a viewfinder tonight, but according to another user on the same post, it’s not impossible to see it with the naked eye, explaining that it<\/a> “looks like a bright star about 30 degrees above the horizon that crosses about a quarter of the sky” and lasts for two minutes.<\/p> They go on: “It can very easily be missed or mistaken for a plane. Good passes can be brighter than… any other planet or star in the night sky and just barely below the limit to see during the day.”<\/p> If you want to give it a shot yourself, they pointed us to Heavens Above, where you can find a list of visible ISS passes for the next few weeks<\/a>, here.<\/p> The post This Guy Took a Photo of the ISS from His Backyard<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read the original: Sharp Shooter A sharpshooter on Reddit posted a pretty incredible snapshot to the Space subreddit over the weekend: The International Space Station, as seen from his backyard on Saturday night . Eye in the Sky The user, who goes by 120decibel , explained that he nabbed the shot using what sounds like a relatively expensive telescoping rig (upwards of $7,000, according to another user\u2019s estimate), and manually tracked the ISS in the night sky with a viewfinder (as it moves a a pretty fast clip \u2014 at about 17,500 MPH). Cash Me Outside You might not have a $7,000 telescoping rig and enough experience to nail thing thing in a viewfinder tonight, but according to another user on the same post, it\u2019s not impossible to see it with the naked eye, explaining that it \u201clooks like a bright star about 30 degrees above the horizon that crosses about a quarter of the sky\u201d and lasts for two minutes. Continue reading Eye in the Sky<\/h2>
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