International Space Station Solar Transit

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A second image from my previous post of the ISS today. This is the sequence of all 11 frames composited into one image.

 

International Space Station crossing the disk of the sun over Queensland’s Gold Coast at Burleigh today at a distance of 515.74km.

 

The ISS Laboratory is approximately 356 feet (109 meters) by 240 feet (73 meters), or slightly larger than a football field.

 

International Space Station

13 October 2016 - 9h15m34.16s.

Crosses the disk of the Sun,

Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast,

Queensland, Australia.

Transit duration: 0.77s.

Path Width: 7.32km.

Diameter of ISS: Angular size: 53.58″

Size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m.

Satellite at Azimuth=64.6° ENE

Altitude=51.8° Distance=515.74 km.

Angular Velocity=41.5'/s

Ground Speed=7.645 km/s

Done