ISS over WA.

[WadeH (Wade)]

This evening we had the pleasure of a mag. -2 pass of the space station directly overhead from SW horizon to the NE horizon. Boy is it getting bright now with those new solar panels!

Both pics were taken with the Canon IXUS 670 IS compact digital set for 15 seconds and on tripod. The closeup is cropped from another shot as the station rose in the SW about 35 degrees above horizon, and I think it actually hints at a view of the station itself, what do members think? If so is this a new record of some kind here at IIS with a compact camera? The widefield faces north.

Thanks for looking.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice images, Wade. I'm not sure about the second shot. What was the focal length and how many megapixels does the camera have?

[WadeH (Wade)]

Thanks Mike,

Ok, the camera is 10 mega pixels and the shot details were:
Focal length 20mm ISO 80 and 5.8 appature.

I've also put in the original of the pic.

Wade