The station and shuttle were a few hundred yards apart as Connor, Mary and I caught up with them while standing at the foot of St. Paul's Church on Lakeshore Drive. I trained the camera sky-ward and snapped a few time-exposure photos.Mary was the first to verify, as she peeked through binoculars, she could see two points of light. One for the Space Station and one for Discovery! And we could see it with the naked eye too! Just enough distance between them to notice.
It was over in about three minutes and we were a little chilly so I had them pose for a shot in front of the church -- with the lights of a car streaking behind them.
When we got home, we noticed that I got lucky with one of the time exposures. One shot has the pair zipping past the Pleiades Star Cluster! You might have to click on it to see the stars. (I uploaded a smaller version.) The next pic was an 8-second exposure. Zoom in and see the fainter grey line on top - Discovery!
Also! If you noticed, here is the first published photo of Connor wearing glasses! He's borrowing his Mother's here while his are being made in time for the New Year.
