Observation by Martin Lewis: ISS and Soyuz MS-13 20th July 2019

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Martin Lewis

Observer

Martin Lewis

Observed

2019 Jul 20 - 22:40

Uploaded

2019 Jul 21 - 10:31

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

222mmDobsonian
ASI174MM
Red filter

Title

ISS and Soyuz MS-13 20th July 2019

About this image

Soyuz MS-13 just about to dock with ISS as it passed over the UK last night just before midnight. I was fortunate, along with Chris Hooker and Szabolcs Nagy, to capture the event. This the best sequence of 31 frames out of 1792 that contained the ISS, combined and sharpened slightly. More details on the image

Martin

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Comments

Chris Hooker, 2019 Jul 21 - 19:23 UTC

That's an excellent image, Martin. It's what I was hoping for from mine, but I had a lot of technical problems before and during the pass. Your image is far better, so well done! How were you tracking the ISS?

Chris

Martin Lewis, 2019 Jul 21 - 21:05 UTC

Thanks Chris- you have some really nice detail too. Think the timing was just so lucky for us last night and only heard about it from Szabi at www.Spacestationguys.com a few hours beforehand.

Scope was hand-guided using the finder cross-wires to centre on the chip.
These things are always pressured! No matter how early you set up I find there is always a panic as the moment approaches.

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