ISS and More

I usually don't shoot long exposures of the ISS unless there's an interesting foreground or another special reason. I had a reason tonight. This is a 30 second exposure. As the station flies across the frame, it creates a line. In this photo, the ISS flew from the bottom to the top of the frame. A closer look reveals a much fainter line on the same trajectory. It can only be one thing: the Spacex Crew Dragon spacecraft, caarrying four astronauts and scheduled to rendezvous with the station later tonight.

If you look closely, there are also two other satellites that photobombed the exposure.

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Great capture and congrats!
I remember many years back watching, not photographing, unfortunately, the space shuttle catching up to the ISS as they passed overhead. They were about 1/2° apart and closing. It was very exciting to watch live. The space shuttle being much larger than the crew dragon, they were much closer in brightness.

SiriusDoggy wrote in post #19161800
Great capture and congrats!
I remember many years back watching, not photographing, unfortunately, the space shuttle catching up to the ISS as they passed overhead. They were about 1/2° apart and closing. It was very exciting to watch live. The space shuttle being much larger than the crew dragon, they were much closer in brightness.

The first time I ever saw (or noticed) the ISS was in the early 2000s. I was on my back deck and looked up to see a bright light crossing the sky. I knew it wasn't a plane or meteor. Moments later, another one passed by on the same trajectory. I pondered it for a while and finally decided it was probably the station and shuttle. I checked online and the shuttle had left the station and was due to land the next day. I also learned that observations were predictable.

That was the beginning of many observations over the years. I still get excited to see it.