ISS seen from Penang

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ISS seen from Penang

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This morning at 6.01am, I photographed the ISS passed overhead as seen from Penang. I have used Sky-Watchers 180mm Maksutov with 2700mm focal length. The camera used is a modified Canon 350D. Manual tracking using AZ4 mount.

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Wow! Cool stuff! Manual tracking somemore. Thanks for sharing!
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Great job!! You can easily make it out!!

I saw it fly past last week over my home in Singapore! But was to late for me to grab a scope to take a closer look! Gleamed brightly in the sky!!
Hmm....should replace my broken Bino soon!!
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Fantastic & unique photo of a space craft taken from earth with so many details visible [smilie=admire.gif]
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Great photo. Its amazing you managed to nail it using manual tracking since it moves so fast. [smilie=cute.gif]
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Hi,
Nice shot!! I always want to try to shoot the ISS... [smilie=admire.gif]

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Thank you for all the nice comments.

This was my third attempt to image ISS. I found that manual tracking using AZ4 is easier. You need to align the finder scope accurately. During the transit, I only look through the finder scope, taking images as keep the ISS centered in the finder scope.

Here is an image of the Moon taken for the purpose of focusing. Inset is the image of ISS for you to get an idea of the size of the ISS in the sky. In fact, the size of the ISS is quite similar to Venus and Jupiter currently.

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Moon looked gorgeous! Great comparison pic.
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Post by r-ion »

wow, nice pic, i got a question, how long can u spend taking the ISS before there is any sort of rotation that will prevent the shots from staking?
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Post by perseid »

I am not sure what you meant.

If I get you correctly, you were refering to stacking using video file. I am using DSLR camera and I took single shots of the ISS. The photo I posted was the best in the many shots where the ISS was in frame.
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