Some of the shots I took today of the Endeavour flyby. It made three reasonably close passes of the Griffith Observatory area, including one practically right over it.
From my perspective, about 1/2 mile northeast of the Observatory, I had the downtown skyline as a backdrop.
The tricky part was going to be framing this and tracking the flying shuttle at the same time. Turned out I only got a few shots sort of like I wanted.
Most of the shots are "as-is." No crop, nothing but occasional adjustments of exposure. I should probably fiddle with the photo software some to try to get better contrast.
By the way: Sidewalk astronomy in Monrovia tomorrow (Saturday, September 22). Probably just the moon, and maybe a few double stars or star clusters. Saturn is setting really early, Mars is quite distant, and Jupiter is at least another month (probably two months) from evening visibility. Figure telescopes will be set up from a bit before 7pm on until about 9pm.
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