ISS closeup

[long_arms]

Hello,

Last night I finally got a longer usb cable for my camera which meant that I could have a good attempt at the space station.

I tried an initial pass, wrote down all the settings I had used in flycap, shutter speed/frame rate etc and then adjusted the settings for the next pass.

This was taken with a skywatcher 200p at f/5 (no barlow although I might try it with a barlow later) and point grey firefly mono.

Very happy with the outcome!

Upscaled and cropped. The background is messy although I dont want to fiddle with it too much.

Dan

[Daniel-K]

boom! thats ace well done

[kyokugaisha]

Wow! Amazing shot dude.

[Cath]

ooooo cool

By the way, the ISS is now in permanent sun light for a while, so all passes near/over the UK at night will be seen, assuming no clouds.

[Steve Ward]

Great shot , no easy task that . . .

[JamesF]

Yes, an excellent image.

James

[WaveSoarer]

Excellent. How did you track it?

[andrew63]

There is something special about that silent bird. Nice capture.

andrew

[long_arms]

Thanks guys!

Excellent. How did you track it?

I set it recording then grab the ota with both hands and look through the telrad.

Its quite exciting but as it approaches the zenith it becomes very uncomfortable!

Dan

[Steve Ward]

I found it easier to turn the mount round so that the North leg was facing South , gives you a little more room to manoeuvre on a high pass.

Thinking of making a temporary 'rough' pier especially for this target , doesn't need to be very clever as it's a 'seat of the pants' exercise and needs no alignment .

Going to be attempting it again soon with the Mak180 , should be interesting to see if I can even get it on the chip . . .

[Dangerous-Dave]

Great capture!

[valefor]

Well done. Thats fantastic

[robbie c]

That's a great shot well done

[allcart]

That is excellent Dan. Good job.

[Ludd]

Nice one!

If it stays clear enough tonight, I'll be fettling the collimation on my C8 in readiness for the zenith flypast shortly after midnight. Can't decide whether to have a crack with the webcam, or to stick with the DSLR even though it can only shoot at 1fps.

[scoobee]

top notch, well-done

[mindburner]

super indeed. I wonder if I could try that with my big dob

[Cath]

Over the next next or so we should be able to watch the new ATV slowly catch up with the ISS ..

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=39175|25544

[long_arms]

Wow thanks again for all the amazing comments !

I set up last night for another ISS shot but the clouds came in immediately before the pass.

I stayed up for the ATV pass incase the clouds cleared but no luck .

I'll be going for the 2 later tonight no barlow or barlow I'm not sure yet (bit of a wuss )

Dan

[Paul M]

Thanks for the heads up.

I'm working a night shift tonight so I'll be having a look.

Might even take my camera and tripod and have a play.

Strangely, as if by magic, my break times tonight coincide exactly with ISS passes

A good few years ago I was lucky to catch a Shuttle playing catch-up with ISS. They were only a couple of minutes apart. Great to see.

[watersblue]

Thanks for the heads up.

I'm working a night shift tonight so I'll be having a look.

Might even take my camera and tripod and have a play.

Strangely, as if by magic, my break times tonight coincide exactly with ISS passes

A good few years ago I was lucky to catch a Shuttle playing catch-up with ISS. They were only a couple of minutes apart. Great to see.

Maybe 2 years ago, I was sea fishing with a mate at night and saw the ISS and Shuttle; it had separated from the ISS, ready to come back to Earth. Awesome sight!

by the way, the shot of the iss is great.

[TractionMan]

Very nice capture indeed. Did you track ISS or let it fly past in the FOV?