HD camera on ISS

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April 02, 2018, 12:08 PM

nhtagmember

about two years ago they had a system of I think 5 cameras called EarthCam up and running. It would show various views of the space station and the earth

unfortunately none of the cameras were sensitive enough to pick up lights on the dark portion of the pass so for 45 minutes it would be dark

it would be nice to get a camera system up there that was sensitive enough to pick up the lights

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April 02, 2018, 03:38 PM

Expert308

I was just wondering why this doesn't show any lights in the dark side, when I know I've seen other shots from the ISS that do show them. Actually I think the shots that do show lights were all stills, not video. Maybe it's the video cameras that have low sensitivity?

April 03, 2018, 07:03 AM

Blume9mm

Just checked, seems it's all dark again... you'd think they'd have a big light on that thing.... or at least a mirror to reflect the sunlight down... one of the cool things to do down here is to catch the space station on a clear night at just the right moment as it goes over and the sun is shinning on it... that puppy is moving fast!

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April 03, 2018, 07:52 AM

VictimNoMore

This is also a good site, as it shows all three cameras at one time: http://www.n2yo.com/space-station/
We love using the ISS Tracker app and watching it fly over on spring/summer/fall evenings after sunset, when the ISS is lit by the sun in the dark sky. Pretty neat.