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Peter Ward
09-09-2008, 08:36 PM
Sometimes you can be in exactly the right place at the right time.

Kudos to Calsky for making this image possible

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


Yes...that is the ISS flashing by Jupiter!! :)

sheeny
09-09-2008, 08:53 PM
Very, very cool, Peter!:thumbsup:

I reckon Calsky is an excellent online resource!

Al.

Peter Ward
09-09-2008, 09:24 PM
Thanks Al! I had hoped the ISS would occult Jupiter, but it was really "hauling ass"... as a good friend of mine would say...and only appeared in 2 of 300 frames

SKYnyx 2-2, 12 fps on a AP155 for those interested in the technical details.

spearo
09-09-2008, 09:37 PM
nice!
frank

AlexN
09-09-2008, 09:51 PM
Hah.. Very nice indeed!

I caught the same sort of shot about a month ago, although at a 70mm focal length it did not have the same impact :D

Kudos to you sir! A very rare image indeed.

Ric
09-09-2008, 11:28 PM
A classic image, very nicely done Peter.

iceman
10-09-2008, 04:50 AM
Brilliant! That's unreal. I saw the ISS too and how close it was passing to Jupiter, what a great capture.

Nicely done!

Peter Ward
10-09-2008, 09:08 AM
Thanks to all for your comments. I was not sure whether to track the satellite and hope to snag Jupiter or go the other way around.

I was surprised however how fast the ISS moves when doing a zenith pass.
Even with quite brief shutter speeds it showed trailing. None the less I was happy to catch it in the same field !

RB
10-09-2008, 09:14 AM
Ah what an excellent and quite unique capture Peter !
Send it to Spaceweather.

:thumbsup:

StephenM
10-09-2008, 09:57 AM
Fantastic shot Peter!

Peter Ward
10-09-2008, 12:02 PM
I've had a little spare time to process the .avi file a bit more.

The ISS has been "de-blurred" just a tad with CS3's smart sharpen motion filter. Same URL

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

iceman
10-09-2008, 12:07 PM
So good!

You even got the GRS on Jupiter! :)

AlexN
10-09-2008, 12:55 PM
Caught the 4 Jovian moons too.... Reckon APOD would take that? I think its worth sending to them...