Didn't quite work out right

[geppetto]

Plan was to take a long exposure wide angle shot of Orion to

catch the predicted close encounter of the ISS with Rigel and Saiph.

Got it but the sky was too light and the ISS track was nearly washed out.

Bit of fun though

[lunator]

Phil

you caught it

I think it's a good pic

Cheers

Ian

[Caz]

Yep, the tracks there alright, good catch Phil...

[CELESCOPE]

cracker Phil . well done mate .

[SteelRat]

Catch that track! Nice one Phil 8)

[geoff_k]

Light sky or not, that's a good picture.

[Andrew]

Nice one.

How long was that exposure and is the ISS geo-stationary?

[Kain]

Lol nice one Phil.

I saw the ISS when it went over tonight

2nd time I had seen it.

Kain

[geppetto]

How long was that exposure and is the ISS geo-stationary

The exposure was about 45 seconds in all I think with Nikon 5400 on a barn door mount.

Geo stationary stuff stay in the same part of the sky by moving at

the same rate as the earth. The ISS isn't one of those.

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

So which bit went wrong Phil? The sky didn't go dark enough or what?

Looks excellent to me, cracking shot. I love these "stuff happening" shots that you do, like the iridium flares and stuff. Keep 'em coming.

Captain Chaos

[Jaffa007]

Phil thats a great shot! 8)

The fact is you got a picture of Orion, which you acn see AND you can see the ISS flypast!

That, in my book, is defo something to be chuffed with!

[MikeD]

Nice catch.

[geppetto]

Thanks guys.

So which bit went wrong Phil?

CC, it was always going to be touch and go (but that never bothered me before )

The pass was at 18:25 so the sky was still fairly light. Also, the moon was "next door" to Orion

and the ISS was predicted at a fairly low brightness magnitude.

Needed at least 40 seconds to bring out Orion and the track but was getting a negative effect from

the sky brightness.

Still, it came together sort of and I do like messing with these happenings.

Can't beat a camera with a max 10 minute exposure on a drift aligned barn door mount screwed to

a solid 4*4 pier. 8)

[dazza1639]

Don't be to hard on yourself. I think you nailed it great shot.

Darren

[Astroman]

Sweet!