Space Shuttle STS-132 Launch from NASA Causeway (in HD)
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- After several trips down and many launch scrubs, we finally got a payoff! Recorded in 720p HD with a Pentax K-7 DSLR mounted on a William Optics 80mm APO refractor telescope.
Note the booster sep clearly visible at about 2:18.
this is an awesome video! i was at cocoa beach watching, but this is awesome! well done!
Amazing video! I was there just a bit further down the causeway with my still camera. I got great pictures, but this video brings me back to the launch itself. One of the best moments of my life!
It was fate, so that you would not miss a historical, final launch! Awesome video!
This is an excellent capture of the view from the causeway and is just like I remember seeing it for myself. That was an amazing experience.
Fantastic video - I must have been standing not far from you given your point of view. My first and last view of a shuttle launch (given I am from England). An experience never to forget set against a perfect blue sky.
@OnlineJacksonville
Actually, we didn't get there that early - about 11:30 AM for a 2:20 PM launch. There was maybe 3 to 4 times more people than were at STS-127 last year - the entire causeway was jam packed. I can only imagine the last two will be even worse. We just walked around a bit to find a spot where the foreground islands didn't block the ground-level view of the orbiter.
@prberg2 It is a William Optics 80mm f/6.8 Telescope with a focal length of 545mm.
I also like it that's it quiet enough to hear the speakers.
And finally, the solid rocket boosters use a mix of potassium perchlorate and powdered aluminum as a propellent. This results in combustion products of potassium chloride (a salt) and aluminum oxide (a metal). Neither is a greenhouse gas and both are far less problematic than the oxides of sulphur and nitrogen from automobile exhausts.
Ammonium perchlorate? NH4CLO4
@fashioncity
Are you serious? Let's look at the facts... First, a lot of what you see is steam resulting from the exhaust boiling the water deluge used for sound suppression. Second, the main engines use liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen fuel, which only makes water vapor as a combustion product. Third, the solid rocket boosters consume 2.2 million lbs of fuel - compare to the 5,077 million lbs of gasoline and petroleum consumed each day in the US alone by cars and industry.
I was there for STS-133 but bad angle from KSC and it came up from behind the sign. My 1st trip.
However I did get causeway tickets for STS-134. No bad angle this time!
What camera did you use?
Sorry if I missed it... but what lens did you use on your Pentax camera? I have a Pentax K-r and am trying to see what lens I need. I have a 300mm lens but am afraid it won't be enough. Would love to hear what lens you used. Thanks!
@rrose2009 Check the description for the video: "Recorded in 720p HD with a Pentax K-7 DSLR mounted on a William Optics 80mm APO refractor telescope."
@appwit Thanks for the info. So if I want to get that close-up I will have to go better than my 300mm. Thanks again and great video.
@prberg2 I was with appwit shooting stills with my K20D and the pentax 300mm. You can still get some good shots with that lens. Here's some images I posted to flickr dot com /photos/mickav8r/sets/72157626984349585/
Not at the causeway based on the sound delay and also not in hd…
720p, which is HD. From Wikipedia: "High definition video (prerecorded and broadcast) is defined threefold, 1) by the number of lines in the vertical display resolution. High-definition television (HDTV) resolution is 1,080 or 720 lines. In contrast, regular digital television (DTV) is 480 lines..." And it absolutely was form the causeway. Do all the math you want with the sound delay, I was there. See photo here: marulla.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/imgp4887a.jpg
@@appwit right 720P isn’t HD and someone pulled a fast one on you because that’s not the causeway
@@allen2879 Whatever. Here is the GPS from my camera. marulla.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-28-at-2.24.30-PM.jpg Done feeding the trolls now. Cheers!
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Stop copying the countdown Kids