Observation by Steve Knight: ISS solar transit

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2020 Jun 13 - 10:40

Uploaded

2020 Jun 15 - 21:56

Objects

The Sun
Spacecraft

Equipment

Altair Astro 70mm f6 doublet
Daystar Quark Chromosphere
AZ-GTI mount
ASI174MM camera

Exposure

0.528ms, gain 400 (100%), 23 images

Location

Souldern

Target name

International Space Station

Title

ISS solar transit

About this image

ISS was 479km away, transit lasted 0.59 sec.

Biggest challenge was wind, frames had to be stabilised ImPPG to produce something approaching a straight path.

Still a little wonky though.

Files associated with this observation

StarStaX_Mars_124127_f2465_aligned-Mars_124127_f2488_aligned_darken merged annotated.jpg (1.2 MB)

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