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I was finally able to catch the ISS transiting the moon. All 0.7 seconds of it. My ASI120MC-S will do 60 fps. 42 frames of the ISS were visible.
Captured with my ES ED80.
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the moon with a zipper, very nice work thx.
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A lucky occurrence captured perfectly. Thanks for sharing this amazing image.

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Nicely centered for you, too. That explains the long duration of the transit ;)

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Great catch !!
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Very nice!
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Nice one Jay!

I have been on the hunt to get a transit near me. Did you use transit-finder.com? And if you did how accurate was the line from where you were? Also what exposure & Gain did you use?

I can't drive at night until I get my eyes fixed, So I am tempted to drive to a spot where a good portion of the transit occurs and stay at a hotel so I can do it in the parking lot there. lol
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Great catch!
That's really cool 😎
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Really cool images Jay! Nice!
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Congratulations Jay on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!!

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A very unique image Jay. Can't say I've seen anything like it before. Outstanding capture and congrats on winning today's APOD award.
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TheButcher wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:06 am Nice one Jay!

I have been on the hunt to get a transit near me. Did you use transit-finder.com? And if you did how accurate was the line from where you were? Also what exposure & Gain did you use?

I can't drive at night until I get my eyes fixed, So I am tempted to drive to a spot where a good portion of the transit occurs and stay at a hotel so I can do it in the parking lot there. lol
I used ISS Transit Prediction by Ed Morana from the Google play store. I confirmed the transit with transit-finder.com. I synced my laptop clock with the Atomic Clock at the US naval observatory. The prediction was accurate to less than 2 seconds. The line seemed very accurate also. I drove about 7 miles to a point that was on the center line. The transit line is quite close to midline. The moon was 98.5% full so I just used unity gain (120) and auto exposure.
There was a small park right on the center line of the transit so location was easy. I couldn't see the ISS prior or after the transit. I just started recording 1 minute prior and let it run for 1 minute after.
Best of luck seeing a transit. I used the same software to see a solar transit back in the summer. No pix or video from that one, but it was accurate then too.

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Very nice catch, Jay! Congratulations on the TSS APOD.:)

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Jay Smedley wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:19 pm
TheButcher wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:06 am Nice one Jay!

I have been on the hunt to get a transit near me. Did you use transit-finder.com? And if you did how accurate was the line from where you were? Also what exposure & Gain did you use?

I can't drive at night until I get my eyes fixed, So I am tempted to drive to a spot where a good portion of the transit occurs and stay at a hotel so I can do it in the parking lot there. lol
I used ISS Transit Prediction by Ed Morana from the Google play store. I confirmed the transit with transit-finder.com. I synced my laptop clock with the Atomic Clock at the US naval observatory. The prediction was accurate to less than 2 seconds. The line seemed very accurate also. I drove about 7 miles to a point that was on the center line. The transit line is quite close to midline. The moon was 98.5% full so I just used unity gain (120) and auto exposure.
There was a small park right on the center line of the transit so location was easy. I couldn't see the ISS prior or after the transit. I just started recording 1 minute prior and let it run for 1 minute after.
Best of luck seeing a transit. I used the same software to see a solar transit back in the summer. No pix or video from that one, but it was accurate then too.

Jim
Congrats on the APOD Jay! And thanks for the info, that helps alot. I will check out that app and confirm with both when I see a good opportunity.
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Very nice combination of the orbiting ISS and the girth of the moon, great timing and execution.
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TheButcher wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:06 am So I am tempted to drive to a spot where a good portion of the transit occurs and stay at a hotel so I can do it in the parking lot there. lol

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