Friday view of the space station – kwwl.com

Friday was a beautiful evening to check out the International Space Station (ISS). It was scheduled to appear in the NW sky at 5:37 pm and disappear in the ENE at 5:41 PM.

Mark Brown, from Marion, was set up to take some amazing space related photos. He uses an 11-inch scope with a Canon 6D DSLR attached to the telescope.

He shared the photos you are about to see of the moon and the ISS crossing in front of it.

Before we get to the photos did you know the space station is about the size of a football field?

The ISS orbits the Earth 16 times a day as it travels about 17,500 mph. This means it travels around the world in 90 minutes. It stays at an altitude of 248 miles above the Earth.

Now lets look at the photos from December 6th. The first one shows a beautiful shot of the moon. On the right half of the moon there is a dark spot...that is the ISS

If you didn't see it on the above photo, the photo below I outlined the area and zoomed in so you can see the ISS.

Now the last photo is a composite image showing the path of the ISS took across the moon.

A special thanks to Mark Brown for sharing his photos for this post.

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Friday view of the space station - kwwl.com