ISS Solar Transit 11/07/12

[Photosbykev]

A still from the video of the ISS transiting the Sun at 12:38 today. One of the 13 frames the ISS is visible on

captured with my 4" f11 refractor modified for Solar Ha imaging and a DMK21 mono camera running at 60fps

High cloud hasn't helped at all but I'm quite pleased with the results.

and a stacked image of the ISS using 10 of the 13 images captured

the video will be online at Youtube and is currently being processed by their system so the quality will gradually improve and always viewing on the Youtube site is recommended.

[RogerTheDodger]

Wow... brilliant work...

[Stargazer Jack]

Superb image

[JamesF]

Well done. That's excellent. Really nice to pick up the sunspots as well.

James

[DirkSteele]

Awesome! You got it. I did keep my fingers crossed you would get clear skies.

[Viv]

Great video & image Kev

[Ganymede12]

It looks like something out of a Sci-fi film. Perfect timing!

[JB80]

Great stuff.

Is that the first time you have caught it?

[Photosbykev]

Great stuff.

Is that the first time you have caught it?

First time I've tried a Solar transit, normally I shoot the ISS as a trail across the sky with a wideangle lens. It's a bit different with a scope lol

[LukeSkywatcher]

Brilliant. Well done. Thanks for posting.

[Freddie]

That's a really nice image/vid. Good job. It needs to come below the clouds for me !!!!

[JB80]

First time I've tried a Solar transit, normally I shoot the ISS as a trail across the sky with a wideangle lens. It's a bit different with a scope lol

Oops, transit is what I meant.

Looks like it was all over pretty quickly, blink and you'd miss it.

[Photosbykev]

Oops, transit is what I meant.

Looks like it was all over pretty quickly, blink and you'd miss it.

I captured 13 frames with it on at 60 frames per second so it was in view less than 1/4 second at the magnification I was using

The sunspot is AR1520

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[Psychobilly]

Super stuff Kev...

Peter...

[Sp@ce_d]

Fantastic! That's really good Kev.. nice framing too.

[Photosbykev]

Fantastic! That's really good Kev.. nice framing too.

I wasn't completely sure I'd get the sunspot and ISS in the frame together. I was lucky this time

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[StarlightKnight]

Absolutely superbbbbbbbbbbb Kev

What shutter speed did you use ?

Don

[Steve Ward]

Congratulations ,

I'm not in the slightest bit tinged with green........

[lukebl]

Brilliant. That really is one of the best ISS transit captures ever.

[Photosbykev]

Absolutely superbbbbbbbbbbb Kev

What shutter speed did you use ?

Don

I pushed the gain up to 300, shutter was 1/1250 and gamma 140. If the cloud cover had gone away I would of pushed the shutter higher

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[WaveSoarer]

That's incredible. The ISS is very clearly resolved.

[StarlightKnight]

Thanks Kev

I'm hoping to try for a transit on Friday - if the weather ever clears up !

Having looked at your website I'm really in awe now !!!!

You certainly are a master of technique

Regards

Don

[Photosbykev]

Thanks Kev

I'm hoping to try for a transit on Friday - if the weather ever clears up !

Having looked at your website I'm really in awe now !!!!

You certainly are a master of technique

Regards

Don

good luck with the weather Don. Ps keep up the frame rate, I was shooting at 60fps and only captured the iss 13 times it really motors lol

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[Dave]

Lovely Capture Kev.

[Photosbykev]

I had a play with the images with the ISS on and ran them through Registax 6 and managed to pull this out of it.