Observation by Steve Knight: ISS solar transit

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2022 Aug 01 - 17:15

Uploaded

2022 Aug 03 - 13:56

Objects

Spacecraft
The Sun

Equipment

Skywatcher 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain
ZWO ASI174MM camera
Skywatcher AZ-GTI mount
Baader solar filter

Exposure

0.136 ms, gain = 251 (62%)

Location

Daventry

Target name

ISS

Title

ISS solar transit

About this image

International Space Station transiting the sun on August 1st.

The ISS was 975km away and was in front of the sun for 2.31 sec. This is slowed down 2x.

Highly compressed and resolution reduced to comply with 2MB limit.

Sunspot AR3068 visible.

ASI174MM + 127mm Mak + AZ-GTI + solar filter.

Sorry about clouds and dust bunnies.

Files associated with this observation

2022-08-01-1715_8-U-L-Sun_f02390_pipp.gif (2.0 MB)

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