Skywatcher spots Russia's Nauka science module headed to space station (photo)
By Tereza Pultarova - Senior Writer about 12 hours ago
Martin Lewis took the image using his home-built telescope from his home near London.
British astrophotographer Martin Lewis captured the Russian Nauka module in orbit a few hours after
its launch using his home-built telescope. (Image credit: Martin Lewis)
A British astrophotographer captured a stunning view of Russia's largest addition to the International Space Station yet, the Nauka science module, just hours after its launch into orbit on Wednesday (July 21).
Martin Lewis, who posts his images on the website Skyinspector.co.uk, took the photo shortly after 21:00 UTC (5 pm EDT) on Wednesday (July 21) from his back garden in St. Albans, some 20 miles (35 kilometers) north of London, using his home-built 222mm Dobsonian telescope.
Lewis told Space.com he was preparing to image the passing International Space Station (ISS) on that day and was alerted to the pass of Nauka, also known as the Multipurpose Research Module, by another astrophotographer only at about 20:00 UTC (4 pm EDT). The skywatchers originally expected the module, which had only lifted off Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome five hours earlier, to pass overhead of their location about seven minutes after the space station. However, they were caught by surprise when the module appeared overhead only two minutes after the station.
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