ISS Moon Transit 28 Dec 09

[qcdougn]

I was lucky to catch this single frame with my CPC-1100 scope @f6.3 and DMK-31 mono camera.

I worked hard to set up for this. But, being in the right place for the crucial 1/2 sec. is a gamble. It's a little blurry...But, over all I'm happy with it.

[Imahumanbeing]

That is a fantastic image, very well caught!

All the best

Jamie

[Silverstreak]

All I can say is Wow. That must have taken some setting up.

[PaulG]

Catching a 737 crossing the Moon is one thing but catching the ISS is really cool .

First time I have seen anybody do this, great capture.

Paul

[brendant]

A stunning capture Doug, a fantastic capture and at such a long focal length makes it even more remarkable, the time to get the setup perfect really paid off . Well done.

Brendan

[callisto]

Yes, i would be very happy with that shot also.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Excellent.

[part timer]

Well done!

I've tracked it with a scope a few times and its hard enough to get any frames of it at all so getting it at the crucial moment is quite an achievement!

[melsky]

Well caught, that thing really shifts and I guess the ISS wasn't reflecting sunlight so you couldn't see it coming, did you use Calsky to get the prediction?

Mel

[JAO]

Superb capture indeed, hearty congratulations

Adrian

[Jupiter Martin]

Nice one

[qcdougn]

Thank you all for the kind remarks...Yes, I did use CalSky for the predictions. I was disappointed at first that it had mislead me since I never saw anything in the sky. But, the ISS was not catching any reflections...So it was in the stealth mode....Darn Klingon vessel .... I have regained trust in the Calsky notifications....

Cheers,

Doug

[PH-R]

Excellent picture well done. A must keep for the album.

Best wishes,

[arad85]

Wow - brilliant capture.....

[mint_mark]

Thank you all for the kind remarks...Yes, I did use CalSky for the predictions. I was disappointed at first that it had mislead me since I never saw anything in the sky. But, the ISS was not catching any reflections...So it was in the stealth mode....Darn Klingon vessel .... I have regained trust in the Calsky notifications....

Cheers,

Doug

That is a fantastic picture... so, if you couldn't see it how did you know when to take the picture? Or were you taking video frames and hoping? I can certainly believe it took quite a bit of setting up!

[jarbi]

Fantastic capture, it was worth the effort ! It is on my list to capture this event once ;-).

cheers,

Janos

[Dave]

Excellent Capture in so short an opportunity. Well done.