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17 years 6 months ago #47163 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re: observing the iss and shuttle
Do you mean image the ISS with the webcam while manually guiding the obsessionator? :lol:
If so I'm game, if we got any frames at all, they would be very detailed given what the scope is able to do.

As it happens, I tried getting the ISS again tonight with the 12" and this time I underexposed the frames :x , I got alot of frames, but they're all very faint, I used Arcturus for getting the brightness right but I didn't reckon for the light cloud that rolled in and dimmed the ISS.

i had to push the levels hard to see anything, but you can make out the solar panels on the left and the docked shuttle to the right.
Looking at them, they'd be class if they were bright enough, until next time.

Depending on the weather and number of passes left, i think I might just look at the next entire pass through the eyepiece, I sneaked a few seconds or so through the eyepiece and the view was stunning, never thought I'd see the shuttle in space. :P

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Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
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17 years 6 months ago #47164 by Frank Ryan
Replied by Frank Ryan on topic Re: observing the iss and shuttle
Class! Game on! :D
I'll leave the ball in your court so.

I've seen a few images of the ISS taken through a 12'' and the
detail is awsome.
and with a 20'' dob with the kind of optics that has?
Oh god...

Seriously Dave, I'd be stoked to try this!

Well done on the capture!
If only it was a little brighter....arrrg!
As for where what is...have you tried
the ISS simulator?
I can't seem to get it to work to sow the shuttle...
www.zen32156.zen.co.uk/ISSSim.htm

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