ISS lunar transit 26/08/17 from Astrofest

[troypiggo (Troy)]

My apologies for the quality. I didn't even know this was occurring while we were up there, and I didn't take the appropriate gear with me. Had to improvise with my TMB92SS refractor and 5DII in video mode with an EOS adapter kindly loaned by Cosmoparadise/Nick.

Aside from that, I've never attempted anything like this before. When focusing and checking exposure beforehand, everything looked fine. But when clicking record video, the exposure went from where I wanted it (crescent moon correctly exposed, hopefully ISS get some detail) to crescent blown out, ISS blown, earthshine showing but noisy. Just inexperience recording video with 5DII.

And then there's the editing - not sure how to cut it down to just the transit without the dead time beginning and end. Anywho....

I am pretty stoked to have captured it. Has been on bucket list, and now can tick it off.

Here's the video for what it's worth.

[dylan_odonnell (Dylan)]

Nice one Troy If anyone else caught this at astrofest please let me know. I'm trying to compile all the shots together for the mass-shooting of this from one location !

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[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Great capture Troy, glad you could get the parts together in time

Well Done

Cheers Geoff

[astronobob (Bob)]

Nicely captured Troy, exposed brightly, cant miss it

Well Done

[Atmos (Colin)]

I agree with Bob, you certainly captured it! For the first 10s I was wondering if I'd missed it and then it came into frame and I KNEW I hadn't

[RickS (Rick)]

Well done, Troy! I had to wear my sunnies to watch it

[multiweb (Marc)]

Good catch Troy. Love those vids.
Lacks a bit in the green channel though, just sayin'...

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by dylan_odonnell

Nice one Troy If anyone else caught this at astrofest please let me know. I'm trying to compile all the shots together for the mass-shooting of this from one location !

d

I know Tony and Anna-Louise were shooting it. Sure there were others.

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Great capture Troy, glad you could get the parts together in time

Well Done

Cheers Geoff

Thanks mate.

Originally Posted by astronobob

Nicely captured Troy, exposed brightly, cant miss it

Well Done

Sure can't miss it - totally blown out

Originally Posted by Atmos

I agree with Bob, you certainly captured it! For the first 10s I was wondering if I'd missed it and then it came into frame and I KNEW I hadn't

Haha. That's only because I have no idea how to edit vids.

Originally Posted by RickS

Well done, Troy! I had to wear my sunnies to watch it

That's solar eclipses, not lunar transits

Originally Posted by multiweb

Good catch Troy. Love those vids.
Lacks a bit in the green channel though, just sayin'...

If I could edit vids, I'll knock you up a greenified version.

[Suzy]

Nicely caught, Troy! Always a great feeling to add another tick on the list.
We caught it as well both in video and stills. We drove 11km to Mansfield to catch the transit path.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Great capture Troy. You say you've never attempted anything like this before but I thought you were responsible for the ET solar transit image some years ago?