Space Eye Operations: Dwarf Galaxies

Published 2025-05-12 · Duration 4:30 · Video file (27 MB)

Space Eye Operations: Observing dwarf galaxies in the payload bay of the International Space Station, updating coordinates for celestial observations.

Transcript
We're all here and back on the PCJUIT that I did. Thank you, Tammy. This is space-eye operations. Tammy, during again, they received some suggestions from all of my payload specialists, Rick Rodriguez, here. We're seeing some live down like video from a black and white camera in the cargo bay of endeavor, looking around the payload bay. Just barely starting to get illumination from the sun's rays as endeavor moves into the early part of the daylight side, now on orbit 20. Camera being panned by commanding from the ground, and now we are able to see on the right hand side of the screen, the Astro 2 telescopes mounted on the instrument pointing system, basically in the vertical mode, for observations, the orbiter is oriented so that the payload bay is aimed right in the direction of the desired target, and thereby the telescopes will be basically in a 90 degree or vertical position with relation to the orbiter. The current observation, again, is one in attempted observation is one in a category known as dwarf galaxies, unusually faint galaxies. There are just a couple of those on the list of desired targets for this mission. These are galaxies that are extremely faint, and in this case it's one which is a very long-term target, which is a bit shorter than some of the previous ones. We have about 20 minutes possible for this target, so we will be standing by this one. So we will be standing by this one, and we will be standing by this one. So we will be standing by this one, and we will be standing by this one. We have about 20 minutes possible for this target, so we will be standing by this one, if the procedure that is being performed by a journalist will work out. So again, it's a particular procedure known as initial star acquisition and identification. It's going back to a slightly longer procedure, so that the celestial coordinates can be updated in the instrument appointing system software. So we will be standing by this one, and we will be standing by this one. So we will be standing by this one, and we will be standing by this one. So we will be standing by this one, and we will be standing by this one. So we will be standing by this one, and we will be standing by this one. And just so you want us to hold off a minute for the news. Oh, yeah, because I think we are going to delay the target 22 over 3-2. And then we will be standing by this one. And then we will be standing by this one. Yeah, I just didn't know. We are going to do the recap for the procedure, and so we have to know after that the question is right here.
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