Hello,
I was stoked to be able to record a transit of the International Space Station across the face of the Sun on Friday, 24th June 2011 at 12:47pm. Tom first alerted me to the transit (thanks Tom!) which saw me setting up at the Foreshore Park at Cleveland.
As this would be my first attempt at recording an ISS transit, I was not expecting too much, treating the outing as a dress rehearsal in planning, logistics and setting up at a mobile location. Tom arrived some 10 minutes before the event and proceeded to set up his gear – now that guy is cool, he appeared unhurried and unflustered!
At the appointed sub-second, it all happened so quickly. It was fortunate that on the Canon 7D, I did do a dry run a few minutes before the event to discover that the “first” press of the “Movie” button ONLY locked up the mirror! It required a “second” press to begin recording then a “third” press to halt recording. Without this test, I would have pressed it once, waited and missed the event….
According to Google Earth, I was some 160 metres from the centreline.
It was good to finally meet Tom and I would like to thank him for posting the recent details about the ISS transits visible from Brisbane.
Thanks for looking!
Dennis