Indirect Solar light on ISS, 6 Feb 2022

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Indirect Solar light on ISS, 6 Feb 2022

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Hi all,

Although it is not solar, I hope you will find it interesting...
I used the C8 and ASI290 and of course manual tracking (lots of fun!) as the ISS was passing above my head.
(I am waiting for the day I will have a C11 or C14 on a GoTo mount to make auto-tracking as some folks here have suggested)

First a photo and then follows the animation, which is much more fun. Look how rapidly the seeing improved in the middle of the animation.

Image2022-02-06, ISS, C8 with ASI290, 16_40 UTC by H- Alpha, on Flickr

Image2022-02-06, ISS, C8 with ASI290, 16_38 UTC by H- Alpha, on Flickr

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WoWW!!!! Outstanding!! Two thumbs up!!


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Alexandros:
Impressive.
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Very cool indeed!


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Re: Indirect Solar light on ISS, 6 Feb 2022

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WOW!! the movie is incredible :movie

To think you can see that much detail from the ground :hamster:

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HI,

This is excellent tracking


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Wow, super, she has a huge speed, I can see how she is rapidly decreasing in size.

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That animation is amazing to watch!


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Re: Indirect Solar light on ISS, 6 Feb 2022

Post by H-Alpha »

Thank you all for your comments!

I am glad you also liked the ISS animation. :-)

I am always amazed by its speed... the whole animation is about 3 minutes in real time.
Thinking there are people inside...
The ISS goes around the earth every 92 minutes.

That day she had a speed of 7.4 km/s (per second!!!) at an orbit of 506 km above our heads.

Hope will get it with good seeing one day... ;-)

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