ISS Solar Transit from Deception Bay 25-4-13

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi all
I managed my second ISS transit of the solar disc this morning.
- Deception Bay
- 8.44am (local time)
- LS60
- DMK51
- 1/182 exp
- 55 Gamma
If I feel like travelling tonight there is a Lunar transit too!
These are my first cut images as I have now set up the 80 for some close ups of departing 1726.
Thanks for looking!

[RichardJ (Richard)]

Fabulous picture. Well done Matt!!

RichardJ

[Dennis]

Hi Matt

You are a champion – well done and sorry that I didn’t make it.

Cheers

Dennis

[gbeal]

Well done Matt. One of those, "don't blink or you'll miss it" situations though, I've been close but unsuccessful so far.
Gary

[h0ughy (David)]

congrats on a fine capture

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by gbeal

Well done Matt. One of those, "don't blink or you'll miss it" situations though, I've been close but unsuccessful so far.

Gary, when I tried it the ISS crossed the sun in under a second - 7 frames at 25fps.

Have you seen http://pictures.ed-morana.com/ISSTransits/predictions/
It's giving me a solar transit for 26 Apr 07:53:24 AEST a mere 68km from here and a lunar transit better suited to the Newcastle crew for 28 Apr 22:48:05 AEST.
It seems fairly good. It put the ISS on the top half of the sun rather than across the centre so I was a bit far west - probably a couple of hundred metres. You could feed the coords of a suitable place on the predicted track into Heavens Above or CalSky for a second opinion.

[batema (Mark)]

Great work. Fantastic captures.

[RB (Andrew)]

Good onya Matt, well done mate !

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Thanks all - the ISS appears larger than my previous attempt - still a dot with wings.
Here is 1726 from this afternoon.

[Derek Klepp]

Great stuff Matt looks like your seeing was a bit better than mine for the closeups.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Thanks all - the ISS appears larger than my previous attempt - still a dot with wings.
Here is 1726 from this afternoon.

Nice work Matt, a real 3D look to these.

Cheers

Dennis

[sheeny (Al)]

Well done Matt!

Al.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Thanks folks! Enjoy the weekend!

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Great capture Matt! Well done.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Quark (Trevor)]

Well done Matt, pretty amazing to stop and think about what that dot represents & what it says about the tenacity, ingenuity and inventiveness of the human race.

Regards'
Trevor

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Wonderful capture Matt, nice full disks and closeups!

Ted

[Solar (Ralph Smith)]

Recon the lower gama shot is my pick mate.
Thanks for the help with CalSky, I have a few coming up only trouble is they are all 200Ks north. We will see.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice one! Close up please. I wanna see those astronauts.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Thanks all.
Hi Trevor - that's exactly how I feel about it!

Originally Posted by Quark

Well done Matt, pretty amazing to stop and think about what that dot represents & what it says about the tenacity, ingenuity and inventiveness of the human race.

Regards'
Trevor

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

No worries! Great to chat to another solar nut
Keep looking at Calsky - they may get a touch closer as the date approaches.

Originally Posted by Solar

Recon the lower gama shot is my pick mate.
Thanks for the help with CalSky, I have a few coming up only trouble is they are all 200Ks north. We will see.