ISS Lunar Transit and some swifts

[lukebl]

Here's a not-so-sharp capture of the ISS transiting the moon at sunset last night. It was hot and above the heat haze of my garage roof.

I captured it using an RC8, 2x Tal Barlow (3200mm FL), ASI290MM cam. About 29 fps. The big, middle and small craters in a line from top to bottom are Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel.

It's the first time I've captured a transit with the ISS illuminated. Not at its best though. Apparently, the station was 1018.95 km distant. At other times it can be half that distance

I also captured a video on my Canon 700d, with a 70-300mm Zoom. The ISS moves from bottom right to upper left, with a couple of swifts buzzing by the moment it crosses the moon. It was around mag -2.9 at the time.

 

[callisto]

Great capture 

 

Mark