Hey all.
Here is the underside of the
ISS I took last night. It was a 73 Degree pass at 6:50 and then faded out at 73 degrees. If it was earlier, I would of had it at 88-89 Degrees but due to the sun illuminated it, it faded before it could fly nearly directly over me. The seeing was below average as it was sleeting right before and the winds were about 10mph+ So I used my 1.5x Barlow and raised it out a bit to get more Magnification. So it is probably about 1.7x
I took about 20,000 frames using my 290mm and about 2,000 had images of it. (This was an easy one to follow) because I just had to deal with the ALT of my
Dob. So I adjusted my Alt bearings on my Z8 so it was bottom Heavy so I could gently let it slide up and follow it using my Apertura
RACI 10x50. Tonight I got a 50 degree with a turn on the
Meridian so it will be much tougher as I have to move the
Dob's ALT and AZ.
I used Fire Capture then used PIP to process and center, Then AS3 to stack 70% of about 100 frames. Then Registax for Wavlets then to PScc
Notice THe Space X Dragon attached to it to the left.
Here is what I used:
Zhumell Z* 8"
ZWO 290mm
ZWO Red Filter
Antares 1.5x Barlow
Apertura 10x50
RACI w/ illuminated Recticle (Very important to use an illuminated
RACI)
Telrad (To use for spotting it first) I placed my
Telrad right Near my
RACI so both are easily accessible
FC stats
Duration=126.461s
Date_format=ddMMyy
Time_format=HHmmss
LT=UT
Frames captured=19625
File type=SER
Binning=no
ROI=1936x1096
ROI(Offset)=0x0
FPS (avg.)=155
Shutter=0.282ms
Gain=337 (56%)
HighSpeed=on
AutoExposure=off
Gamma=50 (off)
Thanks for Looking