Trying a 500 f4 + 4x TC at the ISS

Got these earlier this evening, as the ISS passed within 400 km from Manila.

Intresting stuff. Thats a small object in the night sky to be tracking.

You might want to put this in the astronomy section.

silvrr wrote in post #7690920
Intresting stuff. Thats a small object in the night sky to be tracking.

You might want to put this in the astronomy section.

We have an astronomy section??

Edit: found it :O

silvrr wrote in post #7690920
Intresting stuff. Thats a small object in the night sky to be tracking.

You might want to put this in the astronomy section.

Thanks!

Not sure if I can transfer the thread.... Mods, feel free to transfer it to the appropriate forum.

400km away?
I know nothing about the challenges of astronomy shooting, but i think those are simply amazing.
Greg

Those are really impressive, thanks for sharing. I had no idea you could see that much detail.

Romy -- those are great. how fast did you have to pan to get the shots?

and are you really a chain smoker ?

ed rader

Thanks, everybody!

ed rader wrote in post #7691177
Romy -- those are great. how fast did you have to pan to get the shots?

and are you really a chain smoker ?

ed rader

Ed, it was streaking very fast, travelling from horizon to horizon in about 6 minutes. I'd say tracking the ISS with 2000 mm + 40D is similar to shooting a flying egret with a 400 mm from less than 100 feet away.

Yes, I smoke a lot.

Romy

wow!

Very nice. I tried shooting the ISS with my 1200mm telescope a while back and it was actually easier than I thought it was going to be. My shots showed nowhere near the detail you got though.

Mind telling us exactly how you did it all, and what your camera settings were? I shot at 1/200th, which was a little too slow considering how bright the ISS is, and because I was only tracking by hand, (using a telescope equatorial mount), those times I did capture the ISS in the frame is was a bit blurred. (After all, at 17000mph it moves a full third of its length in 1/200th of a second!) I wasn't looking at it through the camera when I shot it either...I'm guessing you were?

Anyway, top shots, they really are. You could get great moon, Saturn and Jupiter shots with that setup.

Adrena1in wrote in post #7697059
Very nice. I tried shooting the ISS with my 1200mm telescope a while back and it was actually easier than I thought it was going to be. My shots showed nowhere near the detail you got though.

Mind telling us exactly how you did it all, and what your camera settings were? I shot at 1/200th, which was a little too slow considering how bright the ISS is, and because I was only tracking by hand, (using a telescope equatorial mount), those times I did capture the ISS in the frame is was a bit blurred. (After all, at 17000mph it moves a full third of its length in 1/200th of a second!) I wasn't looking at it through the camera when I shot it either...I'm guessing you were?

Anyway, top shots, they really are. You could get great moon, Saturn and Jupiter shots with that setup.

Thanks, the shooting info are in the lower part of the photo. Also, I used IS mode 2 and pre-focused manually on the moon.

I shoot birds primarily with a Sigmonster and a 500 f4, but sometimes I do point my birding gear at astro objects.