Thanks to one of our lovely friends and a spunky little app, we now watch for the International Space Station to pass overhead most nights, OK I watch for it, tonight Nathan is asleep. I have always loved the stars and planets, but the last few years I really lost interest in it. Turns out that deep inside I have been harbouring a closet geek who gets a thrill out of being able to find the ISS as it passes, and finding out which stars are which. Tonight's rather shaky picture is of the moon and Jupiter which is bright this time of the year.
While I am already confessing to being a bit of a space geek, I will own up to actually liking my android Nexus 7. As far as the ISS Detector app goes it is way better than the Apple version, and the NASA app, is just awesome. I assume it is on Apple too but I really haven't looked, it just seems easier to keep them all on the one device. I have just downloaded a new app, 'Southern Stars,' once I can find where Android puts it, I will have to take a peek before I head to bed.
I would love to get more into photography this year, and actually take some better pictures, especially of a night time. I think I will need to get a tripod though, as I am just too shaky to take any night time images without one. The photo above is actually the ISS as it passed overhead, It didn't turn out as yellow as I see it, which I have to admit disappoints me a little.
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