ISS Tonight

[StuW]

2 of the best of about 30 frames I managed to get of one of tonight's passes.

[Gregnat73]

Very cool!! I'd love to capture an image like that.... I did try tonight but the first pass was just a blur and the second I couldn't even find it in the scope!! Just out of interest what magnification did you use?

[StuW]

It was the ASI120MM (approx equal to 6mm?) on the 200P, so about 166x

[JamesF]

Those are very nice images, Stu.

Can I just mention my usual rant here about imaging and magnification and we'll take it as read? Saves me a lot of typing

James

[Sp@ce_d]

Respect... these are rather good I fancy having a go at the ISS some time. However, after the stress of capturing 2012/DA14 on Friday I know its no mean feat to try and track! Think I should let the blood pressure settle for a bit first..

Well done..

[jammo]

I tried to capture this tonight, but my tiny blurred shots pale in comparison to these, very nicely done, very nice detail

...........Plus it was a bit misty where i was

[StuW]

Was very misty here Jammo and got worse as the evening went on. The camera's high frame rate helped get the most out of the fleeting passes through the field of view. Focusing and getting the exposure close to what it should be on the moon beforehand helped as well. I'm tempted to try with a 2x barlow next time.

[bm1980]

Nice work ,

Regards

Ben

[WaveSoarer]

Super stuff. You could imagine capturing someone doing a spacewalk with that kind of quality.

[SDM]

That is incredible detail. I'm in awe over some of these ISS photos.

[cgarry]

Great images!

It was the ASI120MM (approx equal to 6mm?) on the 200P, so about 166x

However, that is all complete nonsense!

Cheers,

Chris

[JamesF]

Great images!

However, that is all complete nonsense!

Agree on both counts I'd really like to see this 6mm eyepiece/magnification thing stomped on. I think it actually does nothing but confuse people.

James

[StuW]

Hence the question mark..

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[cgarry]

It is not just the comparing the size of the camera's sensor to that of an EP, it is then following on and somehow calculating a value for the "magnification". This makes no sense for an imaging setup and as James said needs to be stomped on or beginners will start doing the same.

However, this side issue is distracting from the excellent ISS images that this thread is actually about so I will leave the subject alone now.