Filmed with a Samsung SDC-435 camera @ f/3 with an 8" Meade LX200 telescope. 1/5000th sec exposure, AGC off. Due to an equipment failure I had to record the video using VHS tape and then digitally transfer off the VHS, reducing the quality of the video.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNZgN7_KMuY
Continuous close up footage of the first Falcon Heavy launch, carrying Elon Musk's midnight cherry Tesla Roadster and Starman. Filmed with an 8" LX200 Classic and Canon T5i. Tracked using custom TeleTrak software.
Thanks to everyone there who helped make this video possible today!
Enhanced version of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5K7HKFkZ8o&t=13s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59pY74ZhQ50
Music:
The Long Dark by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
SatTraker:
https://github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/SatTraker
Compiled executables of SatTraker and RocketTraker available to all channel members!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_gUoXIqXOc
Music: 'Escape Velocity' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
Astrometry and orbital data:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mySV-yY378Cp5G68e84mz4TSImM9YXig?usp=sharing
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UhldAqwnBM
Filmed using footage from a Meade LX200 and from Reds Rhetoric:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHsrhLqowsAIYbaNE7GcBg
Reds Rhetoric video of the landing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s___bRdmEso
Music: Turin by Two Steps From Hell
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq0tdsaA0gg
SatTraker Beta V5 source code:
https://github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/SatTraker/blob/master/SatTrakerBetaV5.py
A compiled executable of the latest version of SatTraker is available for download to all channel members!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FV1G7xgGJA
Canon T5i and 8" LX200 @ f/10. Tracked with Brent Boshart's Satellite tracker.
Still photo taken during the video:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astropics/16566216448/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drdNXBYqI7k