I said that if many people have the equipment and skills necessary to capture objects in space, even beyond the moon, that capturing the Tesla would be possible. I'm supposed to believe not one person has jumped on the opportunity?
It's going to be a bit difficult for your amateur astronomer to not only find, but track it accurately with a telescope powerful enough to even see it beyond being a speck.
Not technically. They've got a lab up in orbit that they say they're using as a testbed to perfect space station technologies, but it's not full-time manned and it's very small compared to the ISS.
The size of the moon is not relevant to my question. If you have the equipment and skill to photograph objects in space, as many do, then it's possible. You can pretend that it's not possible if you like.
That would depend on the equipment used, and skill level of the photographer. The ISS has been captured from Earth, which is clearly smaller than the moon.
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I just posted two twitter photos. You don't have to keep posting your stupid ass question.
The ISS is four hundred times more massive than a Tesla roadster. SpaceX has not provided the final inclination after the third burn. Nobody outside of SpaceX knows where it is.
There was a live stream of Starman and the Tesla floating in space. A photo from the ground would be impossible. Professionals can barely image the ISS which is 400 times as massive as a Tesla.
Hmmm let me do the math... at 7,000 km and arrange so that we were looking from directly above or below the car, the Tesla would be about 0.12 arcseconds long and 0.06 arcseconds wide.
In single telescope mode of operation angular resolution is about 0.05 arc-second.
So, even one of the largest scientific telescopes would have difficulty resolving an image of the Tesla in space. It would be able to do it, but all you'd get is a few bright pixels against the black background of space.
The only time I've seen the ISS on amateur photography is with the backdrop of the Sun or Moon. The universe is dark, that car is small. This feat would be difficult.
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It has examples of imagery of the third burn of the falcon heavy from phones, professional cameras , and telescopes. Thats when it was still close to the earth. The burn is visible but the actual falcon heavy isn't even visible. Its too small.
It has examples of imagery of the third burn of the falcon heavy from phones, professional cameras , and telescopes. Thats when it was still close to the earth. The burn is visible but the actual falcon heavy isn't even visible. Its too small.
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1 kit8642 2018-02-07
It's a good question, I don't know why and sorry I can't add more, but here is an upvote to help against the down's.
1 giuseppe443 2018-02-07
my guess is because its easier to find the moon then a car in space
1 Beetlejuiceisking 2018-02-07
So because it's easier to capture the Moon, there's no point in capturing the Tesla? Not sure I follow the logic.
1 giuseppe443 2018-02-07
That was my way of saying you compering taking a picture of the moon same as finding a car in space to take a picture off is stupid
1 Beetlejuiceisking 2018-02-07
I said that if many people have the equipment and skills necessary to capture objects in space, even beyond the moon, that capturing the Tesla would be possible. I'm supposed to believe not one person has jumped on the opportunity?
1 Rockran 2018-02-07
It's going to be a bit difficult for your amateur astronomer to not only find, but track it accurately with a telescope powerful enough to even see it beyond being a speck.
1 giuseppe443 2018-02-07
That was my way of saying you compering taking a picture of the moon same as finding a car in space to take a picture off is stupid
1 jesuitjew 2018-02-07
The car isn't in orbit, it was shot out into space.
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-02-07
How dare you question Reddit's religion of Space™️, and it's lord and savior, Elon Musk!
1 AreEternal 2018-02-07
I like you
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-02-07
:)
1 AreEternal 2018-02-07
Jim Car(r)ey, Illuminati puppet extraordinaire.
1 Othurion 2018-02-07
Why has no one ever taken a picture of a satelite from earth
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-02-07
The ISS has been captured from Earth...
1 Othurion 2018-02-07
That is a space station, and is far larger...
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-02-07
I mean, it's about the size of a Boeing 747, which is not that much larger than a car, in comparison...
1 Othurion 2018-02-07
right
1 Garagecouch 2018-02-07
You rarely see somebody answer their own question as blatantly as that.
1 Othurion 2018-02-07
Q: why does no onw photograph satellites A: and is far larger Yup checks out
1 SoCo_cpp 2018-02-07
There are quite a lot of those, actually.
1 Othurion 2018-02-07
Space stations? I always thought there was one
1 mastigia 2018-02-07
China has one too.
1 Garagecouch 2018-02-07
Not technically. They've got a lab up in orbit that they say they're using as a testbed to perfect space station technologies, but it's not full-time manned and it's very small compared to the ISS.
1 SoCo_cpp 2018-02-07
I was referring to pictures of satellites in orbit from Earth, made by random laymen.
1 itsthetruthbitch 2018-02-07
i don't have much to add..other than i don't think there is a car floating in space right now.
1 CaptainApollyon 2018-02-07
Shhhh go back to sleep
1 brock_lee 2018-02-07
You didn't get downvoted to zero. You got downvoted way past zero.
1 Doobie_daithi 2018-02-07
It's weird cause the moon and a car are almost the same size!
/s (Do I really need this?)?
1 Beetlejuiceisking 2018-02-07
The size of the moon is not relevant to my question. If you have the equipment and skill to photograph objects in space, as many do, then it's possible. You can pretend that it's not possible if you like.
1 Doobie_daithi 2018-02-07
You made it seem relevant by trying to compare to the moon.
At what size do you think they can't photograph something so far away moving at the speed? What about a coin instead of a car?
1 Beetlejuiceisking 2018-02-07
That would depend on the equipment used, and skill level of the photographer. The ISS has been captured from Earth, which is clearly smaller than the moon.
1 Doobie_daithi 2018-02-07
The ISS is also about 400 kms from Earth and the car was about 7,000 kms from Earth.
Car is also smaller than the ISS and was about 18 times further away.
1 Doobie_daithi 2018-02-07
Saw this and passing it along.
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/7w9uy2/i_spotted_the_tesla_in_deep_space_this_morning/
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1 XavierSimmons 2018-02-07
I just posted two twitter photos. You don't have to keep posting your stupid ass question.
The ISS is four hundred times more massive than a Tesla roadster. SpaceX has not provided the final inclination after the third burn. Nobody outside of SpaceX knows where it is.
1 Beetlejuiceisking 2018-02-07
Those pictures are not of the Tesla floating in space. Thanks though!
1 XavierSimmons 2018-02-07
There was a live stream of Starman and the Tesla floating in space. A photo from the ground would be impossible. Professionals can barely image the ISS which is 400 times as massive as a Tesla.
1 KiwiBattlerNZ 2018-02-07
Hmmm let me do the math... at 7,000 km and arrange so that we were looking from directly above or below the car, the Tesla would be about 0.12 arcseconds long and 0.06 arcseconds wide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope#Technical_details
So, even one of the largest scientific telescopes would have difficulty resolving an image of the Tesla in space. It would be able to do it, but all you'd get is a few bright pixels against the black background of space.
1 enemywalrus 2018-02-07
The only time I've seen the ISS on amateur photography is with the backdrop of the Sun or Moon. The universe is dark, that car is small. This feat would be difficult.
1 KiwiBattlerNZ 2018-02-07
Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsc80evqJ88
Remember, the ISS is over a hundred metres wide and 72 metres long. A Tesla Roadster is 1.8 metres wide and 3.9 metres long.
1 Garagecouch 2018-02-07
And hell of a lot further away. It's on its way into a heliocentric orbit that rises out beyond the orbit of Mars.
1 psy-op 2018-02-07
Cool vid. It reminds me of looking at microorganisms under a microscope.
1 Fizrock 2018-02-07
Here's a picture of S2 with the roadstr attached performing the burn to send it to interplanetary space.
That car is quite a bit smaller than the moon btw.
1 AreEternal 2018-02-07
People have mega hard ons for technology, space, Tesla and Musk. Don't ever doubt their messiah.
1 KiwiBattlerNZ 2018-02-07
Are you fucking kidding?
Do you know the difference in size of the moon and a fucking car?
1 solid-ninja 2018-02-07
Because it’s not there. It’s all fake. Space is fake.
1 ewwwwwzipties 2018-02-07
You're not allowed to question the nature of your reality.. You are supposed to believe everything you're told, and everything you see without hesitation.. Please refrain from disrupting the status quo moving forward Internet citizen.. The Department of truth and reconciliation is already here to ensure the narrative is followed..
It's all real, nothing to see here, move along please...
1 Sabbath777 2018-02-07
Lol
1 mastigia 2018-02-07
How in the hell would an amateur photographer have the means to put something in orbit with which to take selfies with the SpaceX rocket?
1 enemywalrus 2018-02-07
I just saw this article: https://www.space.com/39620-skywatchers-see-spacex-falcon-heavy-third-burn.html?utm_content=buffer1c03b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
It has examples of imagery of the third burn of the falcon heavy from phones, professional cameras , and telescopes. Thats when it was still close to the earth. The burn is visible but the actual falcon heavy isn't even visible. Its too small.
1 enemywalrus 2018-02-07
I just saw this article: https://www.space.com/39620-skywatchers-see-spacex-falcon-heavy-third-burn.html?utm_content=buffer1c03b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
It has examples of imagery of the third burn of the falcon heavy from phones, professional cameras , and telescopes. Thats when it was still close to the earth. The burn is visible but the actual falcon heavy isn't even visible. Its too small.
1 Fooomanchu 2018-02-07
No amateur has a telescope that would be powerful enough to view the very small car at the distance where the fairing separation occurs.
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-02-07
I mean, it's about the size of a Boeing 747, which is not that much larger than a car, in comparison...
1 Garagecouch 2018-02-07
You rarely see somebody answer their own question as blatantly as that.