International Space Station 09-08-2009

Just a quick ISS pass from earlier this evening. I decided to take the Canon 400D out as well to get some timelapse shots of me setting up and of the station itself going over.

I used Alpha Centauri for focus while it was still fairly bright out should have spent some more time doing that because in the end my focus was a tad off (as you might be able to see).

I used my 10 Dobsonian telescope to hand track the ISS through my finderscope. I align the finderscope on a planet or star, set the focus and exposure, then wait for the ISS to appear. Its then just a matter of following the station through the finderscope trying to keep it in the centre of the cross hairs. Hence why the video is quite shakey. For capture I used my DMK21AU04.AS CCD with a 2X Barlow lens.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• International
• Space
• Station
• ISS
• Pass
• Flyover
• Telescope
• Astronomy
• Astrophotgraphy

[shlunko]

Nicely done,

Great images of the ISS!

I was thinking of getting an 8" dob, what kind of magnitude would you reckon I could see out of it?

Also, I was curious if you have a GoTo mount for your dobsonian?

Anyway good work, I enjoy watching your vids!

[ChrissyoSpace]

Hi, sorry for the late reply.

I'm not really sure to what magnitude you'd be able to see down to ... I spend most of my time on planetary stuff where I don't have to worry about it much. I'm sure you could get a better answer at some astronomy forum somewhere. Sorry I can't be of much help.

Also, none of my mounts have GoTo.

[ProcyonAlpha]

Awesome stuff mate. What are the skies like in Australia? I plan on emigrating there one day, Astronomy totally sucks here in London, UK.

[ChrissyoSpace]

Yeah, the skies seem to be fairly good over here. I'm lucky enough to live a fair way out from many bright light sources, so the skies are even better where I am. Quite lucky, really. :)

[astrofranck]

i love your videos!

[awesome3165]

thats pretty awesome, you should mess around with some servos and you should be able to get some really awesome footage of the space station.

[ekty]

Very nice video and grate channel, keep going.

[shlunko]

No worries,

Thanks anyway its much appreciated.

[averyellis]

Sweet!

And the handheld 'wavyness' makes it look all Battlestar Galacticky.

[sneakerset]

Well done !! Thank you from Palmdale,Ca. We generally have good "seeing" conditions. Nexstar 5 SCT plus an Icom R-7000, Cushcraft 2m/440 ant.,and Yaesu remote tracker (for ISS downlinks)

[Chrisjr2007]

I heard that too to a lot of my friends..THe sky is just too light polluted :(....

[ScientiaPerceptum]

Nice. Thank you for the info and the shots.