12/2/2025 ISS Solar Transit Date: 12/2/2025 10:21:29CST Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Lens: Canon 100-400mm zoom lens at 400mm Exposure: 1/3200sec at f/7.1 and ISO 200 Filter: Home made Baader white light filter
Transit details
ISS angular size: 26.76"; distance: 1032.65 km
Angular separation: 9.7'; azimuth: 154.8°; altitude: 20.1°
Center line distance: 7.90 km; visibility path width: 26.81 km
Transit duration: 1.10 s; transit chord length: 26.0
2/17/2025 ISS Solar Transit Date: 2/17/2025 11:30:42CST Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Lens: Canon 100-400mm zoom lens at 400mm Exposure: 1/3200sec at f/7.1 and ISO 200 Filter: Home made Baader white light filter
Transit details
ISS angular size: 38.08"; distance: 725.66 km
Angular separation: 14.0'; azimuth: 163.0°; altitude: 32.9°;
Center line distance: 3.87 km; visibility path width: 9.11 km
Transit duration: 0.60 s; transit chord length: 16.3'
10/20/2024 ISS Solar Transit Date: 10/20/2024 Telescope: 92mm f/5.5 triplet (Astrotech AT92) with focal reducer Filter: Baader white light filter Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Exposure: 1/3200 sec at ISO 100 Video mode: 4K 23 FPS Transit details
ISS angular size: 39.40"; distance: 701.29 km
Angular separation: 9.0'; azimuth: 163.5°; altitude: 33.7°
Center line distance: 2.32 km; visibility path width: 8.59 km
Transit duration: 0.95 s; transit chord length: 26.7'
6/11/2023 ISS Solar Transit
Animation Date: 6/11/2023 Telescope: 110mm f/7 ED refractor (Orion) with mylar white light solar filter Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Exposure: 1/2000 sec at ISO 200 Video mode: 1920x1080 59.94 FPS
Pass details:
Sunday 2023-06-11, 10:37:20.09
ISS angular size: 53.27"
Az.: 110.8°; Alt.: 51.8°
Transit duration: 0.66 s
Angular separation: 3.42'
Video
4/8/2023 ISS Solar Transit
Animation Date: 4/8/2023 Telescope: 110mm f/7 ED refractor (Orion) with mylar white light solar filter Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Exposure: 1/2000 sec at ISO 200 Video mode: 1920x1080 59.94 FPS
Pass details:
Saturday 2023-04-08, 11:45:21.04 ISS angular size: 49.96" Az.: 145.8°; Alt.: 48.3° Transit duration: 0.70 s Angular separation: 0.63'
Video
2/19/2022 ISS Solar Transit Animation Date: 2/19/2022 Telescope: 110mm f/7 ED refractor with mylar white light solar
filter Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Exposure: 1/2000sec at ISO 200 Video mode: 1920x1080 59.94 FPS Pass details: 34.4 degree pass. ISS angular size: 39.70"
Alligned using PIPP, processed using Gimp
4/6/2018 Date: 4/6/2018 Telsecope: 254mm f/4.7 Reflector with 2" 4x barlow lens Exposure: 1/2000sec at ISO 1600 About: 71 degree pass
3/29/2018 Date: 3/29/2018 Telsecope: 254mm f/4.7 Reflector with 2" 4x barlow lens Exposure: 1/2000sec at ISO 1600 About: 42 degree pass
1/27/2018
Larger Date: 1/27/2018 Camera: Canon Rebel T4i Telsecope: 254mm f/4.7 Reflector with 2" 4x barlow lens Exposure: 1/2000sec at ISO 1600 About: 82 degree pass
Date: 1/13/2018 Camera: Canon Rebel T4i Telsecope: 254mm f/4.7 Reflector with 2" 4x barlow lens Exposure: 1/2000sec at ISO 1600
12/19/2015 Date: 12/19/2015 Camera: Canon Rebel T4i Telescope: 110mm f/7 ED refractor (Orion) with 2inch 4x barlow (Focal
length with barlow= 3080) Exposure: 3x1/1250 sec at ISO 1600, stacked using registax, sized to
150% and unsharp masked using gimp
12/18/2015 Date: 12/18/2015 Camera: Canon Rebel T4i Telescope: 110mm f/7 ED refractor (Orion) Exposure: 5x1/1600 sec at ISO 1600, stacked using registax, sized to
150% and unsharp masked using gimp
12/4/2015 Date: 12/04/2015 Camera: Canon Rebel T4i Lens: Tamron 28-300 at 300mm and f/6.3 Exposure: 4x1/400 sec at ISO 1600, stacked using Registax, scaled up
150% and unsharp masked using gimp
About: At just over 40 arcseconds in angular diameter and moving
quickly across the sky the International Space Station is difficult to
photograph. It is tiny in this full crop with a 300mm lens. I look
forward to photographing it with each of my telescopes to hopefully show more
detail.
ISS with Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-117
Date: 6/19/2007 Camera: Canon EOS 10D Lens: Tamron 28-300mm zoom lens at 28mm Exposure: 1sec at f/8 and ISO 400
Crew on board:
Commander: Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow
Pilot: Lee Archambault
Mission Specialists:Patrick G. Forrester
James F. Reilly II
Steven R. Swanson
John D. "Danny" Olivas
Sunita "Suni" Williams (returning after her long-duration ISS stay as part of Expedition 15)
Tiangong
Tiangong Solar Transit Date: 10/9/2024 Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Lens: Canon 100-400mm zoom lens at 400mm Exposure: 1/3200sec at f/7.1 and ISO 200 Filter: Home made Baader white light filter
Tiangong Lunar Transit Date: 9/17/2024 Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Telescope: 110mm f/7 ED refractor (Orion) Exposure: 1/4000sec at ISO 800
With Orion Date: 3/14/2023 Camera: Canon Rebel T8i Lens: 28mm f/1.4 Sigma Exposure: 5sec at ISO 800 and f/1.4
Processed using PixInsight PixInsight notes: ABE, Background Neutralization, ColorCalibration, NoiseXterminator, ArcsinhStretch, CurvesTransformation to slightly increase contrast and saturation
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