# That's no moon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435 "2011-01-05T01:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/1 "2011-01-05T01:11:18Z")
That’s a [space station!](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/04/insanely-awesome-solar-eclipse-picture/) Astrophotographer Thierry Legault travels to Oman to get to the one spot on earth where he can snap a shot of the ISS transiting the sun during a partial solar eclipse. The ISS transit takes about 1 second, which doesn’t leave a lot of room for error for hitting the shutter release. Granted he’s had several other funky solar transit shots featured on Plait’s blog, but this one takes the cake IMO. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/2 "2011-01-05T01:16:25Z")
Too freaking cool. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/3 "2011-01-05T01:37:46Z")
Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/4 "2011-01-05T01:58:13Z")
Cool! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/5 "2011-01-05T02:01:05Z")
Isn’t it super-cool? The amount of planning it took to have a chance at that shot is mind-blowing. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/6 "2011-01-05T02:02:00Z")
Whoa. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/7 "2011-01-05T02:03:50Z")
Thanks for the link. That is some very cool stuff. How long ago was it that **Bad Astronomer** (sp?) last posted here? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/8 "2011-01-05T02:04:46Z")
Daaaaaayuuuuuuummmm! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/9 "2011-01-05T02:12:23Z")
> [@disheavel](#): > > thanks for the link. That is some very cool stuff. How long ago was it that **bad astronomer** (sp?) last posted here? 11-22-2004 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/10 "2011-01-05T04:04:23Z")
When I sent my wife the picture, with no set-up, her first comment was “It’s Darth Vader!” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/11 "2011-01-05T04:08:09Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/12 "2011-01-05T05:22:13Z")
I will say, however, that it’s very sad that Phil has lost all his enthusiasm and excitement about this sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-no-moon/566435/13 "2011-01-05T15:55:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > When I sent my wife the picture, with no set-up, her first comment was “It’s Darth Vader!” Mine too. Very cool!