Observation by Steve Knight: ISS & AR3071

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2022 Aug 05 - 14:02

Uploaded

2022 Aug 06 - 10:40

Objects

Spacecraft
The Sun

Equipment

Celestron 9.25in SCT
Celestron f/6.3 focal length reducer
ZWO ASI174MM camera
Celestron CG-5 Mount
Baader solar filter
Baader continuum filter

Exposure

0.158ms, gain 341 (85%)

Location

Banbury

Target name

ISS

Title

ISS & AR3071

About this image

Normally I have to travel to see these but this was visible from back garden.

ISS was 546km away, this highly compressed GIF is slowed down 2x.

Weather was far from ideal, a few seconds before no sun visible, a few seconds after, ditto.

Files associated with this observation

2022-08-05-1402_6-U-L-Sun_f2277_pipp.gif (2.0 MB)

Like this image

Mike Greenhill-Hooper, Alan Thomas, Dominic Ford, Peter Mulligan

Comments

Alan Thomas, 2022 Aug 06 - 12:49 UTC

Steve

That's a spectacular little movie. Well done!

Alan

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