Mike Salway
15th of April 2009 (Wed), 17:25
Hi guys
Here's an image of the ISS from last week, 9th April.
I missed the best part of the pass (overhead) because I couldn't find the ISS in the finderscope. I eventually found it once it had passed overhead and my hand-tracking was good - I got loads of frames with the ISS captured, but very few were sharp and usable so I’m not overly happy with the results. My shutter speed was too long again and the seeing wasn’t good.
The solar panels flared while I was capturing - the image on the left shows very bright solar panels (earlier less sharp images showed them even brighter. The image on the right shows a shadow across the solar panels, probably from one of the radiators.
More here:
International Space Station, 9th April 2009 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2009/04/16/international-space-station-9th-april-2009)
Thanks for looking.
Here's an image of the ISS from last week, 9th April.
I missed the best part of the pass (overhead) because I couldn't find the ISS in the finderscope. I eventually found it once it had passed overhead and my hand-tracking was good - I got loads of frames with the ISS captured, but very few were sharp and usable so I’m not overly happy with the results. My shutter speed was too long again and the seeing wasn’t good.
The solar panels flared while I was capturing - the image on the left shows very bright solar panels (earlier less sharp images showed them even brighter. The image on the right shows a shadow across the solar panels, probably from one of the radiators.
More here:
International Space Station, 9th April 2009 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2009/04/16/international-space-station-9th-april-2009)
Thanks for looking.