Finally an image of X-37B/OTV-5, US Air Force's secretive space plane, in orbit
What I find most amazing about this isn't the image (although it's pretty cool), it's the fact that a bunch of amateur astronomers[1] can locate a satellite in space with no help- even after the satellite makes an unannounced move.  The US government literally spends billions of dollars to track things in outer space, and a bunch of amateurs can do basically the same thing.  Granted, Space Fence tracks more and smaller objects, but the amateurs are winning on the price/performance ratio.<p>To clear things up- ephemeris (orbit parameters) are published for many satellites, but not for the X-37B.  It had to be found by some educated guesses and a lot of staring at the sky.<p>[1] To be fair, some "amateur" astronomers use very high end equipment.