THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
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SOLAR TRANSIT 13:24:38 8th December 2003
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This image was taken less than 1km from the predicted path centre line using the 80mm f5 refractor with Baader solar filter and a Toucam webcam at 5fps. the Sun altitude was only 11deg and the ISS range was 1350km. The transit occured within +-1 second of the predicted time and lasted approximately 2 seconds
This image is a composite of 8 frames showing the ISS. (The computer dropped two frames in the middle of the transit) The inset image is a 2x magnification composite of the parts of 3 best frames showing the ISS
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19:30 UT 1st October 2003
This series of images was taken using a Toucam webcam and the VC200L at f6.3
It shows the ISS rising in the west (right) through to south (left). Maximum altitude was 45deg
The telescope was aimed manually, attempting to keep the ISS in the centre of the cross hairs of the finder scope. An avi sequence of 1000 frames was recorded. The ISS appeared in 30 of them. Shown are the best 5 frames, 2x original size and combined to produce a composite image.
