Look what I captured! Chinese Shenzhou SZ-15 Habitation Module reentry

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I managed to capture something even cooler than the occasional meteor and clouds passing over on my All Sky camera. This is the Chinese Shenzhou SZ-15 Habitation Module reentry over my home in the early morning hours of April 2nd, 2024. If you have quick fingers you can pause the video at around 01:44am

Here's the full Timelapse from last night.


And here's an edited video that is wrapped around the important timestamps.
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Super nice catch...
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Wow that's really cool Greg!
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Way cool. If you watch on YouTube, you can slow down the playback speed - good for slow fingers. ;)
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How cool Greg, great catch!
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That is awesome; I love it! Good for your (and your cam) on that :D
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Way kewl!
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Great job Greg. I was able to stop it at the right spot by playing with the scroll bar a bit.
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Stupendous catch Greg.

I know I've asked this before so I apologize upfront, but what camera are you using as you're all-sky camera?

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JayTee wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:57 pm Stupendous catch Greg.

I know I've asked this before so I apologize upfront, but what camera are you using as you're all-sky camera?

Thanks,
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Scopes: Celestron EdgeHD14", Explore Scientific ED152CF & ED127 APO's, StellarVue SV70T, Classic Orange-Tube C-8, Lunt 80mm Ha double-stack solar scope.
Mounts: Astro-Physics Mach One, iOptron CEM70EC Mount, iOptron ZEQ25 Mount.
Cameras: ZWO ASI2600mm Pro, ZWO 2600MC Pro, ZWO ASI1600mm
Filters: 36mm Chroma LRGB & 3nm Ha, OIII, SII, L-Pro, L-eXtreme
Eyepieces: 27mm TeleVue Panoptic, 4mm TeleVue Radian, Explore Scientific 82° 30mm, 6.7mm , Baader 13mm Hyperion, Explore Scientific 70° 10mm, 15mm, 20mm, Meade 8.8mm UWA
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