One of the best ISS images I've seen!

[iceman]

Check out this amazing <1 mb movie by Dirk Ewers..

ISS movie (http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2008/18may08/ewers_uncompressed.AVI?PHPSESSID=n5 qken9ftu6lu218hvjojmpk43)

Taken from Spaceweather (http://www.spaceweather.com/)

Absolutely amazing clarity and colour!

[h0ughy]

wow fantastic - bet he wished the shuttle was there as well

[Matty P]

That is fantastic!!! :eyepop:

I have never seen the ISS with so much clarity before.

10 out of 10 for that one.

:thumbsup:

[erick]

Thanks Mike, that really is unbelieveable! The detail! The colour!! And he has it well centred across the whole movie!

:jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop: :jawdrop:

[iceman]

I'm pretty sure he had a mount with satellite tracking ability, possibly guided in some way too!

Amazing.

[Matty P]

I would really like to know the technique and equipment he used to capture this video.

It states that he used a 5 inch refractor.

[peter_4059]

amazing - 5" refractor - how did he track the ISS?

[Phil]

Wow you can just about see the the people inside waving out the window.
Stunning.
Phil

[Kevnool]

That is truly amazing stuff,its a credit :thumbsup:

[wavelandscott]

WOW! That is pretty cool!

[Lester]

Fantastic!

[Glenhuon]

Truly amazing video. You sure he hasn't got his own shuttle ?
:lol:

[Lee]

Very very good....

[sheeny]

Impressive! I only looked at the still... I'm still on dial up so haven't downloaded the movie...

Al.

[bluescope]

Amazing footage ... shame the shuttle wasn't hanging off a limb to give it all scale !

:thumbsup:

[madtuna]

something to strive for huh Matty P :)

[Matty P]

Yep sure is. :D

It is really inspiring to see what can be achieved especially with a 5 inch scope.

One day. :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Wow, very spectacular and that's with a 5".

[edwardsdj]

Just incredible. I wonder how long it will be before mounts with that sort of tracking capability become commodity items :)

[Suzy_A]

Some of the amateur radio satellite software will control an antenna rotator - basically a fast motorised alt-azimuth mount. You just select which out of the 500 odd satellites you want and, assuming it's in view, away it goes. All you need to do is stick your 5" refractor and camera on it and wait for whatever to come into view.

See http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php
and http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftpsoft.html#win

And for a rotator, scroll down to the G5500 http://www.strictlyham.com.au/Yaesu/Rotators/Rotators.htm

[zipdrive]

wow amazing!!!
really want to see his setup.

[netwolf]

Just amazing, I have sent an email to Dirk firstly to congratulate him on this awesome capture. And to ask how you achieved this. I have pointed him to this thread and requested an explanation of the procedure. If we are lucky he may join and post himself, else at the least provide a explanation to me which i can post here verbatim.

Suzy the method you describe is certainly a very feasible way of doing this.

There was late last year a very sharp image posted here in this thread by Scott tornado33
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=26018&highlight=iss
As I recall these did make Spaceweather also.

Regards

[netwolf]

Dirk has kindly sent this reply to my query, and it is similar to H0ughy's post in the Tips section.



My Thanks to Dirk for taking the time to reply to this inquiry. And the image with the Shuttle is simply amazing.

[iceman]

Wow, just brilliant.

Thanks Fahim!

[[1ponders]]

:eyepop: Gobsmacked. :eyepop:

[erick]

And the video of the Shuttle approaching the ISS is quite something as well. On the page - link below the image.

[netwolf]

Erick, is it not something to watch that video clip. Its like real life version of the famous scene from "2001: A Space Odyssey" I could almost hum along with the tune to it. Or even the Bond Movie scene.

Regards
Fahim

[erick]

I'm presuming that is the motion of the Orbiter towards the Station in 33 seconds? Seems to be relatively fast relative movement for safe approach.
Actually, now I think about it, we are probably seeing a parallax effect in the video.