small things amuse small minds - ihad a ball getting the ISS crossing the moon

[h0ughy]

there was a predicted transit of the moon by the ISS for the 27 September 2014 at exactly 19h00m39.26s by CalSky.
I haven't done anything since pulling down the dome back in July. so after realising that the centre line of the event was not far from me (within 9km). so i set off quickly with the canon60D, the polarie head and my slik tripod to a remote section of road at Black Hill. i only had my 200mm lens - the rest of the astro gear is packed up and stored. anyway its nothing special


Crosses the disk of Moon. Separation=0.245° Position Angle=323.9°, Position angle vertex=203.1°. Transit duration=0.44s
Angular diameter=25.2" size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m
Satellite at Azimuth=267.0° W Altitude= 18.4° Distance=1097.1 km Magnitude=0.1mag
In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward 2:14
Angular Velocity=18.4'/s

Centerline, closest point →Map: Longitude=151°36'59"E Latitude=-32°50'23" (WGS84) Distance=9.63 km Azimuth=321.5° NW Path direction= 50.3° NE ground speed=9.181 km/s width=12.6 km max. duration=1.6 s
Sun elevation=-15° Elongation from Sun=36°
Orbit source: NASA predicted orbit


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvTZGZbZMLU&feature=youtu.be

[cometcatcher]

Very cool actually. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks Kevin

[MrB]

Haha, I like how happy you are, ending with 'brilliant', agreed!
Very very cool :thumbsup:

[sheeny]

Beautiful! You got nice and close to the centreline, Dave. I think I just happened the see the tail end of that pass from here.

Al.

[h0ughy]

Thats great. If i stayed home it would have only just crossed the moon on the dark side. I ended up being 300m from the centreline point, close enough as it was in private property. So just goes to show how accurate CalSky is. Starry night pro had it missing the moon. I really wished i has a bigger boat ;)

[RB]

LOL, and I was watching "Jaws" the other night.....
That's a great capture Davo, so cool that you went "out on location".
I like the 200mm FOV, gives a nice perspective.

:thumbsup:

[acropolite]

Nice work Dave. :thumbsup:

[julianh72]

It might be a"small" target, but it was a big effort, and a HUGE result! Well done!

[madwayne]

Great stuff David, love it! And your reaction? Priceless!

Wayne

[Regulus]

Nice. The suspense was killing me David. A whole 19 seconds before it comes into view! Masterly film-making :-)

[RB]

David Hitchcock Spielberg Hough.

:lol:

[Regulus]

:lol:

[h0ughy]

yeah it does and the fact the moon is such a cynamic range it was hard to decide on the exposure. knowing the ISS would be bright. it was focussedon a dimmer moon then upped the exposure before hittingthe video setting- the first time i have used the video on the 60D

thanks Phil - would have liked that other black camera you have ;)

thanks very much

yeerss nothing like commentary - i am no attenborough but i was happy to be doing some astro

was waiting for Dave to speak:lol:

:rofl:

[tornado33]

Wow, just watched the Youtube video, amazing, never seen an illuminated ISS transit of the Moon before, well done!
Scott

[peeb61]

Great catch David! Right Coordinates at the right time!

[multiweb]

Awesome. Nailed it! :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks Scott - i have never seen it either, but i have seen the APOD versions and closeups - one day;)

[h0ughy]

thanks to CalSky - hugely accurate!!!:D

thanks Marc:thumbsup:

[seeker372011]

Enjoyed watching your video. Agree with your comment, it was brilliant. Well planned and executed. Nice when planning comes off, in this case nailed it.

[PeterEde]

Very cool
But try this one next time
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1337340

[h0ughy]

i still wished i had a bigger boat ;) next time i will have my gear available. i was lucky with the time of day and location

[h0ughy]

yes its nice to have the right toys;)

[jakob]

I lovit :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thum bsup:

[Ouija]

I was watching this, was just getting on the dark side here in vic & never quit went over the moon, just outside it. good 1 .

[iceman]

That's really cool! Well done Dave.

[h0ughy]

thanks Jakob

it would have been good if a few people managed to get the same shot from different locations to show the positional difference of the ISS in relation - then play them all at once

thanks Mike, i hadnt done anything astro since June/July so this was a break out to get motivated - next week the lunar eclipse:thumbsup:

[jwoody]

That is great, very cool indeed. Good work
Jeremy

[astronobob]

Great shootin David, dig the wide field showing the iss travelling, nicely executed :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks

yep i braved the hords of mozzies, i was lucky the cloud left the western sky as well.