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Moon Phase
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09-07-2017, 10:43 AM
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Galaxy hitchhiking guide
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ISS lunar transit
I was delighted to see that CalSky predicted an ISS moon crossing/transit last night, the centreline was just 1km from my Observatory...plus... predictably as it was a full moon, it would have to be clear
But how to capture it? As there are not too many ISS transit images taken through large telescopes, I transferred my trusty PGR to the Alluna 16.
Humm..quite a narrow field...if the prediction was off... I'd likely miss it entirely
I decided to go for broke...I figured there more than enough transit images out there from 4-5" 'scopes.
Looking at the capture screen at the appointed time: nothing.
But..just 3 seconds later...whooshka!!
Bagged four frames with the big space-bird in flight!!!
I then went on to take 8 more fields to cover the entire moon, with the usual Avistack post-process that I use on my solar images.
So the result? The link is here
Last edited by Peter Ward; 09-07-2017 at 06:16 PM.
Reason: typo
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09-07-2017, 11:06 AM
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*Very* impressive - outstanding detail!
Dean
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09-07-2017, 11:12 AM
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what an awesome result Peter
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09-07-2017, 11:44 AM
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Don't Panic!
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Wow Peter that is stunning ,cheers Richard
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09-07-2017, 11:44 AM
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Ultimate Noob
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Pretty nice Peter
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09-07-2017, 11:49 AM
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Mostly harmless...
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Choke. That's stunning. Been staring at this too long....
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09-07-2017, 12:23 PM
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09-07-2017, 12:30 PM
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Love your work, Peter.
Al.
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09-07-2017, 01:30 PM
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Wow!
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09-07-2017, 01:56 PM
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Thanks gentlemen...I must I am admit quite proud of this one, as while there had been many close passes in the past, or those where the weather didn't co-operate, it was nice to finally nail it.
I've since added the CALSKY data (to remove any doubt of the data's veracity) plus a captioned hi-res crop of the ISS. Same URL
Hope you enjoy the view
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09-07-2017, 02:24 PM
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Wow that is so good, love it, crisp and clear, spot on.
Leon
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09-07-2017, 02:40 PM
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That is a great capture. Congratulations, you must be very proud of that one.
Jeremy
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09-07-2017, 02:44 PM
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Fabulous work. I've see quite a number of great ISS transit captures but none that come close to this.
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09-07-2017, 02:55 PM
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That is brilliant - great capture.
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09-07-2017, 03:50 PM
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Absolutely, gob smackingly awesome capture Peter. A superb image. Congratulations on capturing it.
Paul
Last edited by pfitzgerald; 09-07-2017 at 07:51 PM.
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09-07-2017, 05:03 PM
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Great catch
Best
JA
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09-07-2017, 05:40 PM
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Quite apart from the IIS, which is amazingly sharp, it's a stunning shot of the full moon.
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09-07-2017, 06:00 PM
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This just became my new desktop image....if you don't mind? Great shot!!!
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09-07-2017, 06:14 PM
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Stunner Pete.
Joe
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09-07-2017, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by OzEclipse
Stunner Pete.
Joe
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Originally Posted by Goro
This just became my new desktop image....if you don't mind? Great shot!!!
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Originally Posted by Rigel003
Quite apart from the IIS, which is amazingly sharp, it's a stunning shot of the full moon.
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Originally Posted by JA
Great catch
Best
JA
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Originally Posted by pfitzgerald
Absolutely, gob smackingly awesome capture Peter. A superb image. Congratulations on capturing it.
Paul
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Originally Posted by lazjen
That is brilliant - great capture.
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Originally Posted by Retrograde
Fabulous work. I've see quite a number of great ISS transit captures but none that come close to this.
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Originally Posted by jwoody
That is a great capture. Congratulations, you must be very proud of that one.
Jeremy
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Originally Posted by leon
Wow that is so good, love it, crisp and clear, spot on.
Leon
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Originally Posted by CJ
Wow!
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Originally Posted by sheeny
Love your work, Peter.
Al.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
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Originally Posted by RobF
Choke. That's stunning. Been staring at this too long....
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Pretty nice Peter
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Originally Posted by croweater
Wow Peter that is stunning ,cheers Richard
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Originally Posted by h0ughy
what an awesome result Peter
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Originally Posted by deanm
*Very* impressive - outstanding detail!
Dean
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A heartfelt thank you to one and all for your feedback.
I guess it's a keeper then
Some recognition also needs to go to Arnold Barmettler...author of the CalSky site....a superlative resource for predicting the whereabouts of low earth-orbit objects
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