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Anonymous at Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:20:36 UTC No. 16585378

On May 12, 2009, the Space Shuttle Atlantis was captured in silhouette against the Sun during mission STS-125, en route to service the Hubble Space Telescope. This rare event was skillfully photographed by Thierry Legault using a solar-filtered Takahashi 5-inch refracting telescope and a Canon 5D Mark Il digital camera. The transit lasted only a fraction of a second, making this shot a testament to precise timing and expertise.