First Image Of The International Space Station

Hi all,

Here is an image of the International Space Station taken from Balbriggan Co Dublin. It was captured using satellite Tracker software and a celestron C14 at f11 with a Lumenera 2.0 mono camera at 30fps on an AP1200 mount. Time was 10:16pm and the Space Station peaked at 60 degrees altitude. The image is 3 frames stacked manually in registax V4 and some processing was done using Photoshop CS3.

This is the first time I imaged the International Space Station it was a great experience .

Image was taken by Carl O'Beirnes & David Moore from Balbriggan Observatory Co Dublin.

Summery,

When imaging the International Space Station using satellite Tracker software it is definitely a two man job.
It takes one person to keep it centered in the cross hair of the finder scope and the other to let you know when it's on screen
and to make some adjustments to the contrast.

Carl.

www.webtreatz.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-109 .

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Hi Carl,

This is a truly stunning result and there is very little I could say which would do justice. Many congrats on pursuing this hunt and for doing such a marvelous job!

I wanted to ask you about the tracking: once you had the ISS on your screen, was the tracking thereafter perfect or did you have to continually make minor adjustments? Also, is the tracking easier when the ISS is low or high?

You just lit a fire under my butt to pursue a similar hunt and I thank you for the inspiration!

Anthony.

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for the comment mate. I had to make very minor adjustments all the time because of the high focal lenght of the ota but they where very minor.

The tracking is as accurate low or high. It takes a bit of getting used to all the same. Once you use to the USB hand conroller it makes it a lot easier :whistle:

Absolutely fantastic. Well done Carl, a stunning results from a very difficult task.

That is quite amazing, the detail is stunning. Can't wait to see what you can do with a 2x barlow.

That's excellent Carl.
Well done!
Next time, try and get the astronauts waving at you...