ISS Transit of the Moon – Brisbane 21st Nov 2015 7:35:59pm

[Domol (Domenic)]

Brilliantly executed!
... but don't forget the aerogard - tropical strength in your case (lol)

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Bravo Dennis! Great shots

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by H.Treur

Fantastic result!
Wanted to see it passing the moon from Tambourine, but at that moment I was not in the position to watch.
As i understand from the replies, the parallax would have caused the ISS not to cross the moon (seen from Tambourine), am I correct ?

Anyway, I enjoy your pictures very much. Thank you.

The ground track in this case was approx. 7kms wide. The original notification had the track some 3kms to the NE of me, just skimming the lunar limb from our back garden.

NASA must have performed a few mid-course corrections or orbital burns, as when I next checked on Friday, I was only a few hundred metres from the centre line.

So you are correct, you would have had a close pass of a few degrees at Mt Tamborine, but no transit.

Your skies would have been much darker though!

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by beren

Awesome work Dennis

Thanks Stuart, it took a few hours for the adrenalin to wash out of my system that night!

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by Domol

Brilliantly executed!
... but don't forget the aerogard - tropical strength in your case (lol)

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

Bravo Dennis! Great shots

Thanks Domenic and Graham, I appreciate your comments.

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

Okay folks, here is a 1920x1200 pixel animation. (approx. 1.1MB).

Cheers

Dennis

[sheeny (Al)]

I always love your work, Dennis! Superb as always!

Al.

[Renato (Renato)]

Now that's the best shot I have seen of the ISS from a ground based telescope!
Congratulations.

[johnnyjetski (John)]

Dennis,
An amazing job. I echo Renatos comment. Its the best shot Ive seen of the ISS from a ground based scope.
Clarity is amazing, considering speed and exposure time needed.

Professional quality result. Well done!

JohnS

[gary]

Brilliant Dennis!

Best Regards

Gary

[tel.lekatsas (Tel)]

The level of detail is extraordinary. Well done!

[iceman (Mike)]

This is now Image of the Week! Nicely done again, Dennis.

[LucasB (Lucas)]

As others have said already, this is the best shot I have even seen of the ISS from earth also. Mind blowing! Take a bow, Dennis!
Lucas

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Exquisite!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Sub zero cool Dennis. What a corker!

[Albert van Duin]

Hi Dennis,

Great images! I can't believe it has been 9 years since I attended the QLD Astrofest...

Regards,
Albert van Duin

http://www.astrobin.com/users/Albert_van_Duin/

[deanm (Dean)]

In sleepy Adelaide tomorrow (Thursday 26th), we have a solar disc transit (thanks for heads-up, Ian!)

http://astroblogger.blogspot.com.au/

As luck would have it, I'm a (defeating) few km away from centreline (& we will all probably be clouded out, anyway..!)

Dean

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by sheeny

I always love your work, Dennis! Superb as always!
Al.

Thanks Al, nothing like a sub-second event to get the heart racing!

Originally Posted by Renato

Now that's the best shot I have seen of the ISS from a ground based telescope!
Congratulations.

Thanks Renato, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by johnnyjetski

Dennis,
An amazing job. I echo Renatos comment. Its the best shot Ive seen of the ISS from a ground based scope.
Clarity is amazing, considering speed and exposure time needed.
Professional quality result. Well done!
JohnS

Thanks John, I appreciate your comments. I look forward to the next event!

Originally Posted by gary

Brilliant Dennis!
Best Regards
Gary

Thanks Gary, to the naked eye, as I watched the dot of the ISS approaching the Moon, it looked like it was a near miss so I was relieved when I reviewed the images.

Originally Posted by tel.lekatsas

The level of detail is extraordinary. Well done!

Thanks Tel, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by iceman

This is now Image of the Week! Nicely done again, Dennis.

Thanks Mike, I appreciate that. I should thank NASA for its orbital burn, bringing the transit to my back garden. 3 days prior, it was a near-miss.

Originally Posted by LucasB

As others have said already, this is the best shot I have even seen of the ISS from earth also. Mind blowing! Take a bow, Dennis!
Lucas

Thanks Lucas, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Exquisite!

Thanks Pete, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Sub zero cool Dennis. What a corker!

Thanks Marc, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by Albert van Duin

Hi Dennis,
Great images! I can't believe it has been 9 years since I attended the QLD Astrofest...
Regards,
Albert van Duin
http://www.astrobin.com/users/Albert_van_Duin/

Thanks Albert, I appreciate your comments and wow, was it all of 9 years ago! Good to hear from you.

Cheers

Dennis

[Quark (Trevor)]

Most excellent work Dennis, TOP STUFF.

Cheers
Trevor

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by Quark

Most excellent work Dennis, TOP STUFF.

Cheers
Trevor

Thanks Trevor, I appreciate your comments. Would have loved your 16” for this series!

Cheers

Dennis