International Space Station at -5C (23/01/23)

[Kon]

This is probably my best ISS capture while I have been in this hobby. Frozen atmosphere at -5, hardly any jestream, dry and clear skies at 1819UTC. The seeing was excellent, even Jupiter looked good at low elevation. I focused on Mars (with great features as well). I stacked several frames per panel but I did not have to put it through Registax! A bit of sharpening in Image analyzer. Several modules are visible and possibly my best resolution on SpaceX Crew Dragon and Progress 81 and 82. iROSA panels nicely capturing the sun light. I love how the module shadows are casted on the panels. 8" Dob, manual tracking, asi462mc, UV/IR cut filter, 2.5 TV powermate, exposure 0.94ms and gain 198. (that's at 76 degrees elevation).

Edited January 23, 2023 by Kon

[Sunshine]

This is incredible! did you use the 200P for this? how can it track so fast? I have questions as you can tell, amazing.

[Kon]

5 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

This is incredible! did you use the 200P for this? how can it track so fast? I have questions as you can tell, amazing.

Thanks, and shoot the questions 😀...happy to help. Yes with my 200P, manual tracking. Not too 'difficult' with a well aligned RACI. I have done it so many times now that it is becoming second nature.

[Sunshine]

Wait a minute! you track the station with your eye to the RACI and the camera in the focuser correct? this must be how some do planetary imaging through their manual dobs!. Thanks for the lesson, you may have just inspired me to use my manual dob for some imaging (not DSO) of course.

 

Edited January 24, 2023 by Sunshine

[Kon]

5 hours ago, Sunshine said:

Wait a minute! you track the station with your eye to the RACI and the camera in the focuser correct? this must be how some do planetary imaging through their manual dobs!. Thanks for the lesson, you may have just inspired me to use my manual dob for some imaging (not DSO) of course.

 

Indeed. I follow it with my RACI and never look at the laptop screen. I do my planetary imaging in a similar way but there I can keep an eye on the screen as the planets are relatively moving in a snail pace.

Many excellent ISS images I have seen online are from manual Dobs.

[josefk]

Fantastically good - amazing!

[ankwste]

One of the best out there...love the shodows on panels 

[PeterStudz]

What can I say… outstanding! 

[happy-kat]

^ amazing

[rrb24]

Absolutely amazing, 🙇‍♂️👏

Roberto