SkyViking
22-05-2011, 09:20 PM
We had a very bright ISS/STS-134 pass (magnitude -3.0) over Auckland tonight, so I decided to try my first ever shot at it.
I grabbed my camera and set it up on a tripod in the driveway and let it capture continous 32 second exposures @ ISO 400 via CHDK. Since my camera automatically takes a dark frame of equal exposure time I knew it would be a bit random where, or if, ISS managed to show up on one of the exposures. But it turned out to be just perfectly framed so I'm pretty happy with the result :)
It was rather stunning to watch as well, as it gradually dimmed and turned a deep red while disappearing into the Earth's shadow. We are having a few more passes this week here so I'm looking forward to that.
I grabbed my camera and set it up on a tripod in the driveway and let it capture continous 32 second exposures @ ISO 400 via CHDK. Since my camera automatically takes a dark frame of equal exposure time I knew it would be a bit random where, or if, ISS managed to show up on one of the exposures. But it turned out to be just perfectly framed so I'm pretty happy with the result :)
It was rather stunning to watch as well, as it gradually dimmed and turned a deep red while disappearing into the Earth's shadow. We are having a few more passes this week here so I'm looking forward to that.