Observation by Steve Knight: Dragon delivery

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2019 Jul 25 - 21:21

Uploaded

2019 Aug 07 - 21:59

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

70mm f6 refractor
Canon 6D camera

Exposure

1/30th sec at ISO6400

Location

Warkworth

Target name

SpaceX CRS-8 mission

Title

Dragon delivery

About this image

At 23.01 on July 25th SpaceX launched the Dragon capsule to deliver supplies to the ISS. Watched the launch on iPad in a field and about 20 min later it passed overhead. The two dots in the middle are the Dragon capsule and the second stage of Falcon 9. The two dots on either side are I think the shrouds that were covering the solar panels. Not my greatest of images. The plan was to video pass but had not anticipated the speed of the pass and how quickly I could move telescope on the geared head. It was visible for about 45 sec before it passed into the Earths shadow. A single frame from a very very shaky video.

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Comments

Chris Hooker, 2019 Aug 08 - 10:07 UTC

It does move fast, doesn't it? Still, at least you got it, and I'm pretty sure your identifications are correct.

Chris

Derek Robson, 2019 Aug 11 - 13:14 UTC

Great capture.

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