With an expected Lunar Transit this morning I set my bio clock ( brain ) to wake me at 0130....giving me over an hour to assess the weather and get set up. I intended using a small FOV to try and get one enlarged frame of the station against the lunar surface. Unfortunately , good old brain decided to let me have a lie in....and I awoke just before 0230 , 13 minutes before the transit with the sky crystal clear !!!! Its a good job no-one had a cam corder handy to record the frenzied activity as I rushed around trying to get sorted out ;o) Anyway , the results are here........ http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/lunarx.GIF is an enlarged animation , with http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/luntransit.gif the original frames , slightly lightened. The station was a couple of seconds early and slightly south of predicted transit line so I will have to check my co-ordinates again to make sure I put the correct info into CalSky.com 2h43m50.83s ISS Crosses the disk of Moon. Separation: 0.095d Position Angle: 8.4d Angular Velocity: 61.3'/s. Transit duration: 0.44s Angular diameter: 45.1" As you can see , transit time was only 0.44 secs , so perhaps it is a good job I didnt try a smaller FOV as I would probably have missed it ! Too late ( early ) to write up the details ..full report to follow. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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