p.1 #1 · International Space Station lunar transit
I shot something a little different last night...4 hours before the eclipse started, I headed 30 minutes out of town and found a quiet dirt road to set up on. With the wife literally counting the seconds for me, I managed to capture a center-line transit of the International Space Station across the face of the soon-to-eclipse full moon. The ISS appeared in 19 of the 90 odd frames I took
We watched it approach with the naked eye, which was amazing. Took 2.5 seconds to fully cross over the face of the moon.
Taken with A7R3, Canon 100-400 II @ 400mm, ISO 400, F8, 1/1600
Might try this again with a 2X TC some day, was an incredible rush to develop the pictures back home and see those little solar panels so far away.
p.1 #5 · International Space Station lunar transit
Sunny Sra wrote:
That is sweet. I did that when the Solar eclipse was happening couple of years ago.
If you have a link, I'd love to see it!
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kwilliam8 wrote:
Nice work on this! I am impressed.
Keith W.
Thank you Keith!
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REMAC wrote:
I personally have not seen anything like this previously and find it incredibly fascinating. Well done!
Thank you very much, I was incredibly amped up shooting this, since I only had a window of 3 seconds to get the shot! Very unlike anything I've ever done before!
p.1 #19 · International Space Station lunar transit
Thanks Bob! The timing was extremely fortuitous, I’ve never seen a full moon transit on the app within driving distance before this. The “stars aligned” on this deal!!
I used www.transit-finder.com to pinpoint where I should shoot from to achieve a centerline transit view. Shotokan wrote:
How often is that even possible? Well done!
-Bob
