ISS transits over the Moon (video on youtube)

N.B.This is a snapshot of a video: as Flickr doesn't support videos very well the full length sequence can be found only on youtube: youtu.be/Fcwv85l20Xo.

 

I shot this with my 130mm F/5 telescope, to be sure to have a field wide enough to not miss the space station.

It was still daylight, with the moon very low in altitude.

Also, I had to track the moon manually, since this telescope has a dobsonian mount.

 

 

Shot Data:

Subject: Moon, International Space Station (ISS)

Shot date: 25/08/2015

Telescope: Celestron Astromaster 130 (on a self built dobsonian mount)

Focal Length: 650mm

Aperture: 130mm (f/5)

Camera: QHY5L-IIm

Shooting Software: GuLinux Planetary Imager

Processing Software: ImageMagick, ffmpeg (video editing)

Credits: Marco Gulino

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