Freddie Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Took these on the 22ndThanks to Chris for making PIPP available to us all and the help he gave me getting these images processed. A great bit of free software, well worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jflowers Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Wow very nice, never seen it quite that clear. Must take some skill to track it long enough to get a pic like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Those are absolutely excellent pictures of the International Play Station. Care to divulge a bit more about how you took them?James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sailor Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well done Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgarry Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Cheers Freddie. The final results do look excellent and in colour too!Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Thanks for all your commentsImages were done using hints and tips from Martin at skyinspector.co.uk (he has better pics than me) as follows:Set camera with high gain, medium gamma, exposure 1/1250sec and 60 fps. Set scope with focus on a star (I use a bahtinov mask), ensure finder is aligned to scope, set software ready to capture for ~5 mins and wait. When ISS appears, start capture and track in the finder as best you can. Once the pass is complete, stop the capture.I then play the AVI through just to have a quick look to see if anything is there. I had ~300 frames out of ~12,000 with the ISS somewhere in the frame last time.It's then over to PIPP to debayer and sort all the frames, centre and keep those with the ISS and dump those without. Over to Registax6 for stacking and light wavelets and you are done.Thanks again to Chris and Martin for all their help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Cracking images Freddie !!Thanks for the instructions as well - have to try that .........One questions, is it best to try and capture, when the ISS is a higher or lower mag brightness ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario11 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Took these on the 22ndWell Done! Great Job! Below my :Ciubarec Astro Page: ISS 27/04/2012 Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob L Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 They are some of the best ISS pictures I've seen. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattler Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Fantastic images. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zul Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Wow so sharp! Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Nice images Freddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikM Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Great images. Well done. Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roytraveller Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Super shots_______________________________________________________________________Celestron C8-SGTCG5 tripodSPC900Canon 1100d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwwest Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Excellent and shows the benefit of a video camera over a DSLR (see: http://stargazerslounge.com/showthread.php?t=185491 ) if you can track the ISS reliably. I'd like to try with my DFK21AU618 on my CGEM EdgeHD but fear I won't be able to get it in the field of view.Anyway, here's hoping the skies are clear on Friday for the predicted solar transit visible from my garden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Anyway, here's hoping the skies are clear on Friday for the predicted solar transit visible from my garden!What time is that due ?? sorry ignore - fingers ahead of thinking at the mo - use stellarium you daft watsit (me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 No - not for me, goes just overhead ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgs001 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Very nicely done Freddie, very clear. Viv, if you sign up to calsky, the'll email you the transit predictions for your location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwwest Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 What time is that due ?? sorry ignore - fingers ahead of thinking at the mo - use stellarium you daft watsit (me)Calsky predicts 13:59:15 secs on friday at my location. However, it's a very narrow track and any slight orbital change could mean it's on a slightly different track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayBig Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Thanks for all your commentsImages were done using hints and tips from Martin at skyinspector.co.uk (he has better pics than me) as follows:Set camera with high gain, medium gamma, exposure 1/1250sec and 60 fps. Set scope with focus on a star (I use a bahtinov mask), ensure finder is aligned to scope, set software ready to capture for ~5 mins and wait. When ISS appears, start capture and track in the finder as best you can. Once the pass is complete, stop the capture.I then play the AVI through just to have a quick look to see if anything is there. I had ~300 frames out of ~12,000 with the ISS somewhere in the frame last time.It's then over to PIPP to debayer and sort all the frames, centre and keep those with the ISS and dump those without. Over to Registax6 for stacking and light wavelets and you are done.Thanks again to Chris and Martin for all their help.Very nicely done, I tried a similar technique earlier in the year, using my dob and a SPC webcam, but the results aren't a patch on this, you've picked up loads of detail there. Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Viv, if you sign up to calsky, the'll email you the transit predictions for your location.Thanks John - I haven't used that yet ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolenfeather Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 You've really captured the solar panels there, great job!Isabelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cath Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Very nice!What sort of magnification factor did you use I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolenfeather Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I was wondering the same thing!Isabelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Hi, thanks everyone for your comments.In terms of magnification, it is about X450. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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