International Space Station
For a few weeks at the beginning of April, the International Space Station (ISS) had been passing overhead in the sky during the evenings. To the naked eye it is a bright dot travelling West to East at about the apparent speed of a plane.
It was the first time I had ever seen it, and was suprised by its brightness. Over the next few days I attempted to capture it through my telescopes; a very hit and miss affair. If you didn't see it this time, the next opportunity to see it is in mid-June.
To gain some perspective. the Space Station orbits 200 miles above the Earth, at around 17,000mph, and the length of the largest solar panels is 73m.
Close up
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ISS 19th April 2007 - 21:53 6" Newtonian Telescope Toucam II Pro Webcam 2x barlow single 1/500s with 100% gain |
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ISS pass animation |
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ISS 18th April 2007 - 21:33 70mm refractor telescope Toucam II Pro webcam Stack of 5x 1/1000s with 75% gain |
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ISS pass animation 18th April 2007 - 21:30-35 70mm refractor telescope Toucam II Pro webcam Animation of whole pass 1/1000s exposures with 75% gain |
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ISS 17th April 2007 - 21:12 6" Newtonian telescope Toucam II Pro webcam single 1/1000s frame |
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ISS pass animation |
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ISS+ STS117 - Space Shuttle Atlantis |
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ISS+ STS117 - Space Shuttle Atlantis |
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International Space Station |
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International Space Station |
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ISS + Moon |
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ISS + Moon |