Crew Dragon seen and photographed on 2nd revolution

From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 00:23:21 +0200
I observed, in late twilight, the Crew Dragon on its 2nd revolution, around
21:18 UT, at a very low elevation pass (9 degrees!) in the southwest.

My observing location was Cronesteyn park on the edge of Leiden, the
Netherlands, where I have a free view to the horizon.

I first saw the ISS pass, naked eye. Then, with 10 x 50 binoculars, I watched
the Crew Dragon, at about magnitude +3 to +3.5 (too faint for the naked eye at
this very low elevation), passing through the southern part of Corvus at 23:18
CEST (21:18 UT).

A stack of 52 images (canon EOS 80D + 2.0/85 mm lens) showing the Crew Dragon
disappear in Earth Shadow can be seen here:

https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1266856248403791874?s=20


- Marco


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