International Space Station_Passing by on_02-09-13_0654pm to 07:00pm EST – Video

Posted: February 10, 2013 at 11:45 pm




International Space Station_Passing by on_02-09-13_0654pm to 07:00pm EST
The International Space Station Pass over on 02-09-2013 at 06:54pm EST until 07:00PM EST I captured a few shots of the pass over to create this animation as the ISS made a nice pass over John Bryan State Park Observatory in Yellow Springs, Ohio. I was hanging out with my Astronomy club (MVAS) during members night, I tested out my new Wide field Tracking platform The CG-4 mount, with Dual Modiefied DSLR cameras. The Animation Video clip shows the ISS, coming out of daylight from the South Southwest....and crossing into darkness...the high cirrus clouds were chasing the ISS. The ISS at its brightest point got to -3.1 Magnitude, brighter than Jupiter, which was at Mag. -2.5, although there was another pass ~ 90 minutes later. I recorded this one as it was the brightest pass of the two. Midway through the video clip I changed views to show the ISS as it buzzes Orion #39;s head and then splits the Gemini Twins. You can really see the ISS brightening as it passes. The first Camera was a Modified Canon Rebel Xsi 8mm fisheye F8 lens, ISO 400, I used exposures ranging from 8 seconds to 18 seconds..to help compensate for the rapidly fading light of Dusk... The still shot of the ISS above the trees was the last image I took with a 2nd camera, a modified Canon 40D 17mm lens, ISO 400, 27 second exposure, it was just below Castor and Pollux in Gemini heading East about to go below the Trees line around 7:00pm EST. Note there is another object moving through the first part of the ...

By: John Chumack

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