Observation by Steve Knight: International Space Station solar transi...

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2017 Apr 22 - 14:54

Uploaded

2017 Apr 22 - 18:45

Objects

Spacecraft
The Sun

Constellation

Dorado

Equipment

Celestron C9.25 SCT at f6.3
Canon 550D DSLR
Full aperture solar filter

Exposure

Stack of 22 frames from 25 fps video, each 1/4000th sec at ISO100

Location

Tooley's Boatyard, Banbury

Target name

Sun & ISS

Title

International Space Station solar transit

About this image

Not exactly astronomy but I enjoy capturing these. The ISS was 633 km away and moving at 6.7 km per sec. In the 40 ms between exposures it had moved about 270 metres. Angular size of the ISS was about 44 arc sec.

Files associated with this observation

IMG_4038.JPG (125.9 kB)

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