tbird Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Not widefield but didn't know where to post The ISS from tonight's first visible pass, not very good but it was a first attempt. Taken using QHY IMG0H camera on the Skywatcher 12" Dob, manually tracked. This is the clearest frame from an AVI captured using Firecapture. The AVI wasn't good enough to stack. Hoping for better next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Wow, awesome Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Thats great Paul!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Great result Paul, we also tracked it visually tonight and saw a very similar visual image to the one you have captured. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 I have say it was a joint effort. I tracked the ISS with the scope while Rosie worked the laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 You are lucky, way to technical for my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 It is for Rosie , especially as I had to get her to reduce the gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 well hats off to the pair of you, that is a great image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluke Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I concur, a fantastic image! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 That is amazing! Any tracked manually. You are the daddy, lol. Great work. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 That is amazing! Any tracked manually. You are the daddy, lol. Great work. James Thanks James, check out Thierry Legault if you want to see the real daddy of satellite imaging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 He cheats! He uses a tracked mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 That's a great picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 I think the solar panels show better on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest foundaplanet Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Excellent. Looks like it is only down to the image being over exposed or you would have completely nailed it on your first attempt..(<-that smiley cracks me up ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulG Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Not widefield but didn't know where to post The ISS from tonight's first visible pass, not very good but it was a first attempt. "not very good"........ YOU are kidding aren't you?..... WOW this is amazing, especially considering it's a first attempt!. How long did you manage to track it for?. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) To track I aligned my finderscope as accurately as I could with a star then it was a case of trying to keep the ISS on the cross hairs, which wasn't easy. About 30% of the frames of a 4 minute AVI had the ISS in them, but only about 5 frames had a reasonable image. I hoping for another attempt tonight with the exposure sorted. Edited August 18, 2013 by tbird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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