Observation by Chris Hooker: ISS and Soyuz MS-13, 20th July 2019

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2019 Jul 20 - 22:39

Uploaded

2019 Jul 21 - 09:04

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

254 mm Newtonian
2x Barlow
Celestron Skyris 445m camera
Baader IR-cut filter

Exposure

0.29 msec @ F/9.6

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

International Space Station

Title

ISS and Soyuz MS-13, 20th July 2019

About this image

The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the three Expedition 60 crew members to the ISS lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 17:28 UK time on July 20th. It was on a fast-track flight to the ISS, due to dock shortly before midnight after completing only four orbits. This image was taken early in the ISS pass over the UK at 23:39 BST, and shows the Soyuz aligned with the main axis of the ISS, preparatory to docking a few minutes later.

The fourteen images for this stack were acquired early in the pass, while the ISS was at an altitude of about 45 degrees. Later images suffered from technical problems with the tracking and image shift, and are of very poor quality.

Files associated with this observation

ISS 20 Jul 19 3107sel 03.png (881.8 kB)

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