International Space Station 2nd November 2022

[Kon]

After months of either bad weather or not visible passes, I managed to capture ISS at 545am this morning. The elevation was only 55 degrees but at this angle you get a nice reflection of the sun on the panels. Several modules are docked: SpaxeX Dragon, Progress 82, Soyuz-MS22. Awful seeing at the 55 degrees but managed some stacked frames. I also made an animation of my capture. 8" Dob, manual, asi462mc, 2.5x TV powermate. PIPP, Autostakert, Registax for mild wavelets and Astrosurface for colour saturation.

 

[geoflewis]

Wow, these are fantastic 👏👏

[Nik271]

Wow these images make me feel I'm there, floating by the ISS!

[Kon]

1 hour ago, geoflewis said:

Wow, these are fantastic 👏👏

Thanks. It was nice capturing it again.

[Kon]

1 hour ago, Nik271 said:

Wow these images make me feel I'm there, floating by the ISS!

Thanks Nik. It would be so so cool to actually be there! Unfortunately it's coming down in a few years 😪.

[rrb24]

Superb images! 🙇‍♂️

Roberto

[MKHACHFE]

EXCELLENT work. I also used an 8" manual dob, but with a cheaper ASI 120mm and didnt capture nearly as much detail as you.  Well done mate. 

[Kon]

9 hours ago, MKHACHFE said:

EXCELLENT work. I also used an 8" manual dob, but with a cheaper ASI 120mm and didnt capture nearly as much detail as you.  Well done mate. 

Thanks you. Actually, the asi120 can give some really nice images. I used to have it for a while and I managed some decent shots on ISS. See the links below about settings that might be helpful.

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/395255-my-best-iss-so-far/#comment-4247989

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/394971-iss-over-uk-on-17-may-2022/#comment-4245393

 

 

[MKHACHFE]

14 hours ago, Kon said:

Thanks you. Actually, the asi120 can give some really nice images. I used to have it for a while and I managed some decent shots on ISS. See the links below about settings that might be helpful.

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/395255-my-best-iss-so-far/#comment-4247989

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/394971-iss-over-uk-on-17-may-2022/#comment-4245393

 

Thanks for the links...you got some great results. Ill give your settings a try next week, weather permitting. Truth be told, the atrocious sticky movement of my XT8 greatly hinders my ISS imaging...im having real trouble reducing it. I have tried soap, tried WD40, loosening the central bolt, cleaning the pads.....i think ill try buying some new teflon ones