Caught these two static widefields on Friday night, the first clear night in 2 weeks.
Had the family out on the back lawn, waiting for the Iridium Flare at 18:01.. I thought we must've missed it and was about to relocate for the ISS, but my wife Kate spotted it and so I quickly pressed the shutter with the wireless remote and took this 20 second exposure. The inset is a 1:1 crop from the widefield. It got dazzlingly bright, peaking at -6 magnitude.
We then relocated to the south end of the yard to look towards the N/NE for the ISS, which made an appearance at about 18:05 or so. The shot below is a 85s exposure. Was lovely watching the bright -1.5 mag pass across the sky, explaining to the kids that it's actually a satellite and there's people inside it. They asked lots of questions including how do they get up there, how do they get food up there, what type of food do they eat, etc.
Lovely family moments out under the clear sky
Both shots @ ISO100 with the Canon 350D + Sigma 17-70mm lens.
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