Observation by Steve Knight: ISS lunar transit

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2023 Jan 31 - 16:45

Uploaded

2023 Jan 31 - 23:50

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

Starwave 70mm f/6 doublet
ASI 174MM camera
642nm bandpass filter
AZ-GTI mount

Exposure

Shutter=0.128ms Gain=264 (66%)

Location

Wardington

Target name

ISS

Title

ISS lunar transit

About this image

ISS was 620km away and was in front of the moon for 1.03 seconds. This has been slowed down 2x.

I was in a field near Wardington. Farmer did come along to see what I was up to, I was deemed safe(ish).

Highly compressed to comply with 2MB limit.

Files associated with this observation

2023-01-31-1645_9-U-L-Test_f01226_pipp.gif (1.8 MB)

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David Basey, Duncan Hale-Sutton, Anton Matthews

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