Am 24.03.2011 11:12, schrieb scott:
>> Stop me if I'm boring yall, but here's another, unrelated item.
>> I asked an astronaut on Twitter what a starfield actually looks like
>> outside the
>> window of a space shuttle.
>>
>> This was his answer:
>> http://twitpic.com/1jq6zi/full
>
> Cool, also interesting to see the EXIF data. I wonder how long you can
> do the exposure for before the stars start to get trails (without any
> sophisticated motorised mounts)?

Depends on the rotational speed of the shuttle. I guess that in order to 
get the most out of the microgravity environment, the shuttle's 
rotational speed will normally be trimmed to zero - which means a 
motorized mount isn't even necessary (after all a motorized mount's 
purpose is to cancel out the eart's rotation).

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