ISS transits Saturn - strewth!

[deanm]

This has to be the arsey-est montage ever!

Apparently (according to CalSky), the track path-width to get the ISS imaged right over the planet's disc was just 40 metres.

Astonishing scope+camera work & excellent GPS localisation!

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160122.html

Dean

[Kunama]

Faked!! http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/525250-iss-saturn-apod-1-22-2016/

[Paul Haese]

Yes it is a composite image, see the discussion on Asterisk.

Click here (http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=35581&start=25) for thread discussing the image. Julian Wessel admits its two separate images from different capturing sessions. It's a bit of a sad day to see this happen, but I am unsurprised this has happened.

[deanm]

Brilliant sleuthing on CNs!

And thanks to all ISS contributors!

Dean

[Peter Ward]

I got pretty close some years ago....

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery25.html

Close...but no cigar.

That said, I have a much more sensitive PGR camera these days...and suspect
an encore attempt is required ;)

[RB]

So do you mean, NASA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Germany, EU, etc?

:lol:

[RobF]

Sigh. Not cool to have created an artificial representation of the transit.
Peter, great effort getting Jove and ISS that close..... :thumbsup: