Good view of ISS tonight

[prova]

just a reminder from Mike's post >

Monday night @ 20:13 there's a good pass too, another mag -2.0, from SW through to ENE, reaching 54deg altitude.

[peter_4059]

Tuesday night is looking good for Brisbane viewers..
-2.1 mag, SW to N and about 60deg Altitude. Starts at 19:37.

[iceman]

I'm setup and ready for the Sydney pass.. as long as those clouds in the west STAY AWAY!!

[kljucd1]

Hi,

Will be my first time, if I can see it. Can't wait!!

Daniel...

[Dennis]

Thanks Peter – weather and god’s permitting, I’d like to see this one.

Cheers

Dennis

[prova]

any ideas on how long it will take to head from SW through to E/NE ?

[prova]

well i saw the ISS travel at quite a speed past the house and clear as daylight expect ill be bringing the bino's next time because i found it near impossible to manually track with my scope

[Kal]

I could make out some structure in my 9x60 binos when I saw. Next time I want my scope out :lol:

[h0ughy]

LOL just to prove i was out there

[netwolf]

Saw it just as it was setting, and this is my first sighting of it. Thanks for the heads up. Moves very fast.

Regards
Fahim

[tornado33]

Good one. You wouldnt want to know it, but Id just finished imaging the moon and was preparing to image comet 46P Wirtanen when the ISS appeared, so after a brief hesitation I pointed the scope at it using the finder to follow it while taking pics. One of them here turned out far better then I ever thought for a prime focus DSLR shot
Single image, 1/250sec shot ISO 100. Modded 350D camera with uv/ir filter, 10 inch scope hand pushed to follow the ISS
Scott

[Kal]

Scott, I don't know wether to salute you for your brilliance, or congratulate you on your good fortune, but that is a bloody terrific photo!

Very nice indeed!

[peter_4059]

That's a great pic Scott.

[[1ponders]]

You're kiddin' me. :lol:

Only Scott could pull one of those off. :lol:

:bowdown:

[h0ughy]

:eyepop::eyepop: how the bloody hell did you do that!!!! WOW fantastic:thumbsup:

[spacezebra]

Excellent :eyepop:

Cheers Petra

[tornado33]

Thanks all.
When I quickly looked at the last pic I took in the camera it didnt look that good, but amongst a fair few that were blurred, I snagged one that was tack sharp. Yes I was stoked and couldnt wait to post it up :) I was so fortunate to have already had the camera attached and focussed.
Scott

[iceman]

What a ripper, Scott! Very sharp! Great job.

[netwolf]

:eyepop::jawdrop::bowdown: Unbelievable. That think was moving so fast that i thought man i got no chance with my scope to track that and here you pull this shot hand guided. Thats deserves a standing ovation.

Regards
Fahim

[matt]

Well done, Scott. Very crisp. Even got the gold-ish colour of the solar panel array reflecting the light.

Nice.

[sheeny]

That's very impressive Scott!:thumbsup: I second all previous comments! Wow!

Al.

[tornado33]

Many thanks all :)
Here are 2 more pics from last nights ISS pass that arent blurred by "camera shake" I was moving the scope to follow the ISS by hand by looking through the 8x50 finderscope while pressing the cameras remote switch constantly. Only the fact I already had the exposure set for lunar imaging (250th sec at ISO 100) ensured I got good exposure.
Scott

[iceman]

Great images. Are they full crops?

[Campus Dweller]

Last night (Tuesday 21) was clear early in the evening while still twilight. I had a hankering to see if any satellites would be passing over. I logged into Heavens Above, just after 8:30 PM, to find that the ISS would be passing over - about now!:scared:

Went out onto my front balcony and there it was. Watched it for several minutes until it disappeared into Earth shadow about 10 degress above my NW horizon; the whole time wondering what the space travellers aboard were doing?

Brilliant!:D

[tornado33]

Thanks.
Yep they are full resolution crops. This is the image scale I get with 1400mm fl.
Scott

[Tamtarn]

Fantastic shot Scott, great hand guiding involved there. Well done. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[WadeH]

That shot is just amazing, well done Scott!! :eyepop:

Watched the station go over here about an hour ago, very bright.

:thumbsup:

[iceman]

Congrats on SpaceWeather (http://www.spaceweather.com/) today, Scott!

I'm amazed at the clarity given the reasonably long 1/250s exposure!
You have smooth tracking hands :)

Well done.

[danielsun]

Wow! I can't believe how you managed to pull that shot but it's brilliant! :eyepop:

[Chrissyo]

Holy smokes those are some fantastic images! So clear and sharp! :O

[jjjnettie]

Thanks for the recipe Scott. I'll definitely have a go at this tomorrow night.
Terrific images BTW.

[spearo]

Those are very impressive shots!
frank