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Old 09-07-2017, 09:43 AM
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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

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Old 09-07-2017, 10:06 AM
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*Very* impressive - outstanding detail!
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Wow Peter that is stunning ,cheers Richard
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Pretty nice Peter
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Choke. That's stunning. Been staring at this too long....
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Great catch! Awesome shot.
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Love your work, Peter.

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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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Wow that is so good, love it, crisp and clear, spot on.

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That is a great capture. Congratulations, you must be very proud of that one.
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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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That is brilliant - great capture.
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Absolutely, gob smackingly awesome capture Peter. A superb image. Congratulations on capturing it.

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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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This just became my new desktop image....if you don't mind? Great shot!!!
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Stunner Pete.

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This just became my new desktop image....if you don't mind? Great shot!!!
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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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Great catch

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Absolutely, gob smackingly awesome capture Peter. A superb image. Congratulations on capturing it.
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That is brilliant - great capture.
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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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That is a great capture. Congratulations, you must be very proud of that one.
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Wow that is so good, love it, crisp and clear, spot on.

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Wow!
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Love your work, Peter.

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Great catch! Awesome shot.
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Choke. That's stunning. Been staring at this too long....
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Pretty nice Peter
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Wow Peter that is stunning ,cheers Richard
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what an awesome result Peter
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*Very* impressive - outstanding detail!
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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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