Moon, Orion and the ISS

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

This image was taken this morning at approx 4:45am local time, with a mag -1 ISS pass flying by at an altitude of approx 43deg.

I put the camera direct on the EQ mount (plonked down and not aligned) and set it to track so that I wouldn't get the usual short trailing stars with the longish exposures.

2 exposures of 60s each, ISO100, f/4.5 were the settings used on my Canon 350D and Sigma 17-70mm lens @ 17mm. The two exposures were combined with Lighten blending, and a very minor curves and levels adjustment.

I had the moon to set the auto-focus on (and then lock it to manual) which was handy, too.

Thanks for looking.

[Garyh]

That`s a pretty pic Mike!
I like it..
Too much cloud up here to see anything much.
cheers

[h0ughy (David)]

excellent Mike - -it didnt clear enough to see it here

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Nice one Mike! We had a -2.3 pass in Brisbane, but it was clouded out

Hopefully it will be clear tomorrow, because the ATV (mag 0.1) will be passing through Orion. It would be nice to capture that before it burns up on the 29th!

Cheers,
Stephen

[RB (Andrew)]

I love how you framed Orion in this shot and how you captured the wisps of cloud.
Very nice Mike !

[gmbfilter (Geoff)]

Wonderful shot, when ever do you sleep Mike?

[AlexN]

Very nice... Isn't it lovely to have orion creeping back into the night sky