May 16, 2009: Silhouettes on the Sun

[xoxoxoBruce]

"From within, a dim light cast two silhouettes on the shade
Oh, what a lovely couple they ma-ade"

Bad Astronomy Blog has this wonderful picture, taken by Thierry Legault, of the lovely couple... just before they... uh, coupled.



The lovely couple are Atlantis and Hubble, of course.

...just minutes before the crew of Atlantis caught up with and captured Hubble for its very last servicing mission on May 13, 2009. This shot has never been accomplished before, and it’s magnificent. He used a 13 cm telescope, and camera that took a series of 16 images of 1/8000th of second each.

Here's another shot Legault took of just Atlantis the day before.

I'd say the man's got the chops when it comes to astrophotography, which I couldn't even spell without help.