Observation by Steve Knight: ISS lunar transit

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2024 Sep 16 - 23:33

Uploaded

2024 Sep 22 - 18:26

Objects

Spacecraft
The Moon

Equipment

Celestron 9.25in SCT
ZWO ASI174MM camera
iOptron AZ Mount Pro
642nm filter

Exposure

Shutter=0.772ms Gain=261 (65%)

Location

Banbury

Target name

ISS

Title

ISS lunar transit

About this image

Composite of the ISS transiting the moon. ISS was 863km away and was in Earths shadow. Sinus Iridum and Plato visible. As always with composites some explanation is necessary. Lunar surface is a stack of best 70% of 10,176 frames. The ISS is a stack of best 80% of the 27 of those frames when ISS was transiting moon. Reference single frame from video used for alignment is here: https://photos.onedrive.com/share/9CA9FF6F92BA0730!45759?cid=9CA9FF6F92BA0730&resId=9CA9FF6F92BA0730!45759&authkey=!ANPS-RyxvnvyFps&ithint=photo&e=UF2Bpn

Files associated with this observation

StarStaX_2024-09-16-2334_5-L_f02345_aligned2-2024-09-16-2334_5-L_pipp_lapl5_ap1338 registaxed_aligned_darken faststoned.png (622.1 kB)

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