Observation by Steve Knight: ISS transits 11.5 day old moon

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2022 Mar 15 - 01:23

Uploaded

2022 Mar 15 - 19:31

Objects

The Moon
Spacecraft

Equipment

Starwave 70mm f/6 doublet
ZWO ASI290MM camera
Skywatcher AZ-GTI mount
642nm bandpass filter

Exposure

0.15 ms, gain 300 (50%)

Location

Earl Shilton

Target name

ISS

Title

ISS transits 11.5 day old moon

About this image

I spotted that the ISS was transiting the moon for 1.01 seconds and it was clear.

The only issue was that it was 80 km away. As it was clear and I was in a motivated mood I headed North East towards Leicester arriving about 12.45am.

Biggest concern was that the owners of the house next to my observing layby might call the police but I was not disturbed.

Pleased with the result as I was using a 70mm refractor on a camera tripod. OK the AZ-GTI helped (a lot).

ISS was 659 km from me. You can see it close to Vallis Snellius on the right. It was in the Earths shadow so only visible against the moon.

Files associated with this observation

ISS lunar transit latest.jpg (766.4 kB)

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