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iceman
17-10-2008, 09:16 AM
Hi all

We had a fairly nice pass this morning, reaching about 57deg altitude. I set my 12" newt up on the EQ mount to start with, and I used Betelguese which was nice and high so I could get focus and set exposure and align the finderscope.

I then shifted the OTA to the dobsonian base and waited for the ISS to appear. I also had the 350D set up on the tripod to capture the wide field view. As soon as I saw it behind the trees, I started the shutter on the 350D and pressed record in IC Capture.

12" newt, 2x barlow, DMK21AU04, 60fps, 1/1667s shutter, 125 gain.

I'm fairly happy with the result, it's all practise for the time when everything comes together. I like the shadow across the radiators - a view I haven't captured before.

Here's a 12-frame animation of the best frames in the pass.
ISS animation (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/downloads/20081017-iss_anim.gif) (350k gif)

Thanks for looking.
sheeny
17-10-2008, 09:22 AM
Good stuff, Mike.

There'll be nother good pass Saturday night...

Al.
Dennis
17-10-2008, 09:46 AM
Superb hi-res images Mike – well done!

Cheers

Dennis
h0ughy
17-10-2008, 09:55 AM
nice capture Mike
RB
17-10-2008, 10:55 AM
Excellent Mike !
leon
17-10-2008, 12:10 PM
My God Mike, :eyepop: that is pretty good, very well captured indeed.

Leon :thumbsup:
Lester
17-10-2008, 12:22 PM
Fantastic.
pvelez
17-10-2008, 01:37 PM
What time Al?

Pete
Matty P
17-10-2008, 05:17 PM
Awesome capture Mike. I love the animation.

Very well done. :thumbsup:
sheeny
17-10-2008, 05:53 PM
Just after 20:00:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=371899#post371899
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/calendar/calendar.php?mode=view&id=467

Al.
Garyh
18-10-2008, 06:57 AM
Great capture Mike! You can see that the ISS is getting bigger all the time!
OneOfOne
18-10-2008, 09:03 AM
Woo hoo...what more can I say.
peeb61
18-10-2008, 07:17 PM
Another great capture Mike...well done!
Inmykombi
18-10-2008, 07:18 PM
Fantastic animation Mike.

I wish I could have the ability to photo the ISS like you do.
I also enjoy watching it pass, especially when I am with a group of " General public viewers".
Keep 'em coming Mike.

Geoffro.
Bassnut
18-10-2008, 09:32 PM
Top work Mike, very clever.
RobF
19-10-2008, 09:03 PM
Fascinating stuff - thanks for all the detail on how you've accomplished it all too Mike.
seeker372011
19-10-2008, 10:35 PM
u de man!

that is sensational

just waiting for the hubble servicing mission, and hopefully seeing your image of this
iceman
20-10-2008, 04:59 AM
Thanks for all the kind words, guys.

My wife and I watched the Saturday night pass from the trampoline. I would've loved to capture it through the scope, but we had been out to dinner with the kids and only just got home, so no time to setup :(

There's an early (7:20pm ish) pass tonight but the sky will be quite light! Plus setting up during happy hour won't put me in any good books ;)

Narayan the HST only gets to about 10-15deg here I think, so it's extremely unlikely i'd be able to capture anything.
spearo
20-10-2008, 07:13 AM
Mike,
well done mate,
the first one is excellent!
I prefer it to the second because it sems a bit less bright and thus seems to show more detail.
great job
frank
Kevnool
23-10-2008, 06:13 PM
awesome....cheers Kev.
Quark
23-10-2008, 07:25 PM
Nice work Mike, love the animation.

I would love to see you have a go at capturing the Shuttle docked with it.
That would obviously take a fair bit of planing.

Regards
Trevor
Phil
25-10-2008, 06:19 PM
Your a bloody legend what can i say well done mate great work.
Phil