[Atmob-discuss] ISS image from Monday night

[Mario Motta]

Really nice image, especially if all it is is 2 frames!
Mario

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM, John Boudreau <jeboud at comcast.net> wrote:

> Shortly after 9 tonight, we had a beautiful high pass of the ISS for those
> lucky enough to have clear patches of sky at the time.
>
> Although I've captured the ISS and a few shuttles with smaller scopes--- a
> larger FOV helps since I'm hand guiding these attempts using the
> 'hop-and-stop' method, tonight I was lucky enough to catch it with my C11 at
> it's f10 focus (about 2800mm) with a much better image scale than my earlier
> images, using an Imaging Source DMK webcam:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~jeboud/iss_c11_080508_0110UT.jpg<http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejeboud/iss_c11_080508_0110UT.jpg>
>
> I only caught it cleanly in 2 video frames out of over 1100, but thankfully
> I nailed the exposure settings tonight. Setting the exposure is really a bit
> of a guess as I'm never really sure just how bright the ISS will be because
> if any one section is oriented just right; all you'll get is a bright glare
> that ruins the other details.
>
> ---John Boudreau
>
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