Observation by John Bell: Double ISS observation

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John Bell

Observer

John Bell

Observed

2018 Mar 28 - 23:19

Uploaded

2018 Jun 17 - 19:36

Objects

The Moon
Spacecraft

Equipment

Celestron C11 SonyA7S
webcam

Location

Haversham, Milton Keynes

Target name

Moon/ISS

Title

Double ISS observation

About this image

I was pleased and proud that (a version of) this image was printed in the June Journal. I think this version is actually a little more interesting. It is a combination of my image and that of my friend Alan Piggot who was working from a location 500m north of me and using a webcam piggybacked on his telescope. I merged the two photos to show how much location matters in a close approach transit. The transit observing window can be rather narrow.

Files associated with this observation

ISS combo.jpg (298.5 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Martin Lewis, David Basey, Dawson, Andy Wilson, Chris Hooker, Trevor Emmett, Peter Carson

Comments

Dawson, 2018 Jun 19 - 22:00 UTC

Very impressive. Presumably, you could use the combined data to calculate the height of the ISS?

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