Kon Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I bought a new mono camera, asi462mm, recently and ISS was predicted to pass over UK at 2106 UTC tonight. Despite the clouds I managed to get some really decent images. I am really excited to try it under good seeing conditions. 8" Dob, manual tracking, asi462mm, UV/IR cut filter, 2.5x TV powermate. 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Terrific image. I saw it pass over - not nearly as interesting with the naked eye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carastro Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Amazing image. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glafnazur Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Wow that's awesome 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudbuster Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 thats better than ive seen published elsewhere...well done you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callisto Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Nice capture Kostas 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStudz Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 That’s brilliant! It’s things like this that want to make me buy a camera. And a PC… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Cowboy Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Terrific capture! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, PeterStudz said: That’s brilliant! It’s things like this that want to make me buy a camera. And a PC… You have until 2030 before it is de-orbitted. 🥲 There have been some excellent mobile captures here (see the posts from @ankwste) but you will need some way to process the videos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStudz Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 29 minutes ago, Kon said: You have until 2030 before it is de-orbitted. 🥲 There have been some excellent mobile captures here (see the posts from @ankwste) but you will need some way to process the videos. The obvious thing to do is give it a go with what I have. Even if it doesn’t work it’s all experience! I’ll have a think and a play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 36 minutes ago, PeterStudz said: The obvious thing to do is give it a go with what I have. Even if it doesn’t work it’s all experience! I’ll have a think and a play. I am happy to return the good karma of getting a camera on loan from sgl recently, so if you want to try, you can borrow my colour camera but you will need a laptop for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStudz Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 hours ago, Kon said: I am happy to return the good karma of getting a camera on loan from sgl recently, so if you want to try, you can borrow my colour camera but you will need a laptop for it. That’s most generous! I’ll see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Amazing image Kostas, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw lod qan Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Just to look up and watch it pass overhead as a bright dot, most people would never believe the detail you are able to capture. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerlord Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 any chance of a quick walkthrough of your process ? I'd love to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 6 hours ago, powerlord said: any chance of a quick walkthrough of your process ? I'd love to do this. For capture, I aim for 40% histogram; I use a star of similar brightness to adjust settings. I then use the same for every fly over. I shoot a continuous video at 640x480 ROI for max fps but you can use the full sensor too. The above was with full sensor. Exposure between 0.7-1ms and gain to have the 40% histogram. I never capture if max pass is less than 60degrees as the atmospheric disturbance is awful. I start my video at 45-50 degrees and rising. I follow it with my RACI and never look at the laptop. I have done it so many times that I know the trajectory on my sky and I place the RACI a few degrees ahead to avoid motion noise. For processing, I use the ISS setting in PIPP with 70% white balance. I then go manually through my tiffs. if I have a sequence of continuous images of ISS with high details I stack them in as!3. Then a bit of registax and maybe astrosurface to bring the colours when I shoot in colour. Feel free to message me if you want more details. I hope you will manage it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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