Morning all, ISS made a nice low elevation transit this morning as seen from my location......so I didnt have to travel , which was a bonus. Observations were made , as an experiment really to see if the small angular size of 4.1" was useable. Right on time the station crossed the disk , although I was caught out a little by the reduced brightness of the Sun , and had difficulty getting the camera settings right.(More practice needed I think !) As a result , the video shows an element of "burn" .Despite this , ISS can be seen quite clearly , and brings my total catch to six transits :O) CalSky predicted the range to target as 1125 km.Eyepiece projection was used ,to capture the full disk , but if I get another chance at this range I propose to reduce the field of view considerably and try high magnification Camera settings were 10 fps / 1/1000 Animation to follow. Regards, John http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/isstrans.htm CalSky prediction...... 8h07m09.8s ISS Crosses the disk of Sun. Separation: 0.05d Angular Velocity: 13.4'/s. Transit duration: 2.33s Angular diameter: 4.1" cylindrical, 20.0m x 10.0m Satellite at az: 94.9d E h: 15.5d dist: 1125.2 km Centerline ?Map: Lon:356d56m19s Lat: +53d22m47s dist: 2.18 km az: 113.5d ESE Path direction: 80.3d E ground speed: 11.153 km/s width: 38.3 km max. duration: 2.6 s ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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