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Originally Posted by iceman
Hi all
I put my 12" newt on the dob base (not on the EQ mount), and aligned the finderscope with a star. I tracked the ISS manually by peering through the finderscope and moving the tube, trying to keep the fast moving bright dot centered on the crosshairs while my DMK21AU04 (in a 2x barlow) was recording at 60fps.
It was an adrenalin rush
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Awesome work mate. What you have done is like shooting a fly on the wing from the hip, yet you scored a hit.
Your work is an inspiration to me, and, at the risk of using a pun, "something to aim at".