small things amuse small minds - ihad a ball getting the ISS crossing the moon

[h0ughy (David)]

there was a predicted transit of the moon by the ISS for the 27 September 2014 at exactly 19h00m39.26s by CalSky.
I haven't done anything since pulling down the dome back in July. so after realising that the centre line of the event was not far from me (within 9km). so i set off quickly with the canon60D, the polarie head and my slik tripod to a remote section of road at Black Hill. i only had my 200mm lens - the rest of the astro gear is packed up and stored. anyway its nothing special


Crosses the disk of Moon. Separation=0.245° Position Angle=323.9°, Position angle vertex=203.1°. Transit duration=0.44s
Angular diameter=25.2" size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m
Satellite at Azimuth=267.0° W Altitude= 18.4° Distance=1097.1 km Magnitude=0.1mag
In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward 2:14
Angular Velocity=18.4'/s

Centerline, closest point →Map: Longitude=151°36'59"E Latitude=-32°50'23" (WGS84) Distance=9.63 km Azimuth=321.5° NW Path direction= 50.3° NE ground speed=9.181 km/s width=12.6 km max. duration=1.6 s
Sun elevation=-15° Elongation from Sun=36°
Orbit source: NASA predicted orbit

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[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Very cool actually.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Very cool actually.

thanks Kevin

[MrB (Simon)]

Haha, I like how happy you are, ending with 'brilliant', agreed!
Very very cool

[sheeny (Al)]

Beautiful! You got nice and close to the centreline, Dave. I think I just happened the see the tail end of that pass from here.

Al.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by sheeny

Beautiful! You got nice and close to the centreline, Dave. I think I just happened the see the tail end of that pass from here.

Al.

Thats great. If i stayed home it would have only just crossed the moon on the dark side. I ended up being 300m from the centreline point, close enough as it was in private property. So just goes to show how accurate CalSky is. Starry night pro had it missing the moon. I really wished i has a bigger boat

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

I really wished i has a bigger boat

LOL, and I was watching "Jaws" the other night.....
That's a great capture Davo, so cool that you went "out on location".
I like the 200mm FOV, gives a nice perspective.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Nice work Dave.

[julianh72 (Julian)]

It might be a"small" target, but it was a big effort, and a HUGE result! Well done!

[madwayne (Wayne)]

Great stuff David, love it! And your reaction? Priceless!

Wayne

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Nice. The suspense was killing me David. A whole 19 seconds before it comes into view! Masterly film-making :-)

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Regulus

Nice. The suspense was killing me David. A whole 19 seconds before it comes into view! Masterly film-making :-)

David Hitchcock Spielberg Hough.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by RB

LOL, and I was watching "Jaws" the other night.....
That's a great capture Davo, so cool that you went "out on location".
I like the 200mm FOV, gives a nice perspective.

yeah it does and the fact the moon is such a cynamic range it was hard to decide on the exposure. knowing the ISS would be bright. it was focussedon a dimmer moon then upped the exposure before hittingthe video setting- the first time i have used the video on the 60D

Originally Posted by acropolite

Nice work Dave.

thanks Phil - would have liked that other black camera you have

Originally Posted by julianh72

It might be a"small" target, but it was a big effort, and a HUGE result! Well done!

thanks very much

Originally Posted by madwayne

Great stuff David, love it! And your reaction? Priceless!

Wayne

yeerss nothing like commentary - i am no attenborough but i was happy to be doing some astro

Originally Posted by Regulus

Nice. The suspense was killing me David. A whole 19 seconds before it comes into view! Masterly film-making :-)

was waiting for Dave to speak

Originally Posted by RB

David Hitchcock Spielberg Hough.

[tornado33]

Wow, just watched the Youtube video, amazing, never seen an illuminated ISS transit of the Moon before, well done!
Scott

[peeb61 (Paul)]

Great catch David! Right Coordinates at the right time!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Awesome. Nailed it!

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by tornado33

Wow, just watched the Youtube video, amazing, never seen an illuminated ISS transit of the Moon before, well done!
Scott

thanks Scott - i have never seen it either, but i have seen the APOD versions and closeups - one day

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by peeb61

Great catch David! Right Coordinates at the right time!

thanks to CalSky - hugely accurate!!!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Awesome. Nailed it!

thanks Marc

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Enjoyed watching your video. Agree with your comment, it was brilliant. Well planned and executed. Nice when planning comes off, in this case nailed it.