ISS, Hubble and a plane together near Orion

[StephenM]

Hi all,

On Friday evening there was a mag -1 International Space Station pass and a mag 1.6 Hubble Space Telescope pass that were both visible together in the sky. I had hoped to be able to stack lots of exposures to get the path of both objects near Orion, but clouds made that difficult. Still I managed to stack some images to get the two together, and a plane flew through the field as well. A busy patch of sky!

Cheers,
Stephen

[koputai]

Gee, Hubble gets a lots higher in the sky up your way Stephen. Nice shot, well done.

Cheers,
Jason.

[duncan]

Great capture Stephen. Shame about the cloud although it does add to the character of this shot. Well Done.
Cheers,
Duncan:thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

A very busy patch of sky indeed.
I love your images. Thanks again for sharing.

[Matt Wastell]

Cool!

[StephenM]

Thanks very much Jason, Duncan, Nettie and Matt!



It passed straight overhead on Friday evening Jason, and flared to perhaps -1 when near the zenith. In fact that flare was the brightest I've seen the HST. Unfortunately I didn't have the camera on it at the time.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Liz]

Looks good Stephen!! Great to capture a few goodies at once!!
Congrats for AS&T too :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Thanks Liz - on both counts!!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Doodles23]

Absolutely astounding photo. For the first time I can see how dim Hubble really is.

[StephenM]

Thanks Dave, I'm glad you like it!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Quark]

A top effort Stephen,

A well planned and executed project, a real credit to you and great example to others of the sort of things that can be achieved with a DSLR.

Regards
Trevor

[lacad01]

Nice capture Stephen :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Thanks very much Trevor! It's rare to get 2 satellites of interest in the same patch of sky at the same time, so it was good to capture it. Would have been even better if there had been a bright Iridium flare as well!

Cheers,
Stephen



Thanks Adam!

Cheers,
Stephen