ISS transits the rising moon

Dear Friends (and Seanie :lol: ),

It may have taken me about five years to capture the ISS transitting the sun and moon and I am finally relieved to have imaged both of these rare, difficult and challenging events.

Although the (rising) moon was slightly over 20 degrees in altitude only, I have managed to capture a series of nine frames of the transitting ISS with Progress leading the way. The latter was not visible due to poor seeing thanks to the moon's altitude. The ISS was approximately 723 km overhead when it crossed the moon (right to left) virtually horizontally for 0.85 seconds.

Anyway, this capture serves as a basis for a better transit capture next time. I hope you enjoy the following image: www.perseus.gr/Astro-Sat-Trans-2006-04-14.htm

Clear skies and best wishes from Greece!

Anthony.

Cool! Very impressive!
Many congrats!

great work!

Would be cool to see the video

Anthony - that's a remarkable image. Do you know if anyone else has achieved the same?

By the way, you've been very shy about telling us of your APOD...

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060330.html

Cheers

Dave

Cool! Very impressive!
Many congrats!

Thanks Michael. I am very relieved this opportunity worked out and I now have a very good basis for a better catch next time.

Anthony.

great work!

Would be cool to see the video

Erik,

I do owe you an apology for I do have a copy of the video and the ten key frames available for download in ZIP format (2.77 Mb). It will give you a VERY good appreciation of how quickly things transpire.

Anyway, here is the link if you are interested: perseus.gr/Downloads/AVI-0003-iss-20060414.zip ...

Clear skies!

Anthony.