Daytime Shuttle/ISS

From: Eric Briggs (ebriggs@sympatico.ca)
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 09:29:29 EDT

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    There are not going to be any night-time flyovers of the two manned vehicles
    for the duration of this shuttle mission from my location, nor I suspect for
    any other observers.
    
    I believe tracking through the eyepiece in daytime should be easy, finding
    an appearence somewhere between observing Mars or Venus through the eyepiece
    during the daytime.
    
    What kind of procedure should be used for photography of the ISS or shuttle
    during the day?  With the reduced contrast I've got the notion I should use
    something like a #23 or #25 red filter.  My night camera of choice is the
    Astrovid Stellacam, should I use a less-sensitive camera for day tracking?
    Has anyone got a success story they'd like to share?
    
    Cheers
    
    Eric Briggs
    
    
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