Calgary man captures photo of SpaceX Dragon docked at the International Space Station – Calgary Herald

When Shafqat Zaman takes photos of the International Space Station (ISS) from Calgary, it may help that hes about one kilometre closer than photographers shooting from sea level.

However, the ISS is still about 399 kilometres away and moving at a speed of about 7.66 kilometres per second relative to the ground. No matter how you measure it, snapping a shot of the orbiting laboratory is an incredible feat.

Zaman captured an amazing shot Wednesday evening. It features a clear view of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, which lifted off Nov. 15 and docked with the station about 27 hours later. Its the white cone-shaped object on the left side, near the middle.

This wasnt his first snapshot of the most expensive object ever constructed. Zaman captured several images of the ISS, showing different angles as it passed overhead in late September.

He also captured this stunning transit of the ISS in front of the sun.

Zaman said he uses an eight-inch Meade SCT telescope with a Canon M5 camera.

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