ISS Solar Transit - June 24th

[Littleguy80]

I’ve always wanted to try for this. Last night, I carefully set everything up. Planning on having my 80mm refractor tracking on Star Adventurer with TS Optics Herschel wedge and Canon 250D. I would then observe this visually in HA with my Daystar SS60. 

With the rush of getting kids ready for school, it was all a bit rushed. I was struggling to get everything aligned so switched the camera over to the manual mount. As SkySafari was showing the ISS getting closer, I was desperately trying to get the Sun framed correctly. I stood for a few seconds wondering if I missed it. Then I saw it on the screen, quick tap to capture the image. Phew, I could see that I had something that was in focus enough to see what it was! Little bit of processing in Affinity Photo led to the final result below. Not a smooth ride but I’m pleased with the end result!

[Rusted]

A very pleasing image on all counts! 

[Nigella Bryant]

Well done.