International Space Station Cloudy Solar Crossing

Not to be thwarted by a bit of cloud cover today, I was very lucky to get a peak of the International Space Station crossing the disk of the sun over Karana Downs west of Brisbane at a distance of 443.7 km.

 

International Space Station

19 November 2016 - 9h47m13.60s

Crosses the disk of the Sun,

Karana Downs, Brisbane,

Queensland, Australia.

Transit duration: 0.59s.

Path Width: 6.54km.

Diameter of ISS: Angular size: 61.25″

Size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m.

Satellite at Azimuth=80.4° E

Altitude=66.6° Distance=443.7 km.

Angular Velocity=56.0'/s

 

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