ISS + Orbital-1 Cygnus
Taken by Marco Langbroek on January 12, 2014 @
Leiden, the Netherlands
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 60D
Exposure Time: 6/1
Aperture: f/2.2
ISO: 500
Date Taken: 2014:01:12 08:13:57
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Details:
The images show the International Space Station ISS with just behind it the commercial Orbital-1 Cygnus cargoship. They were taken from the center of Leiden, Holland.
This was a low pass (max. 28 degrees elevation) in the early morning, 5 hours before docking.
The Cygnus cargoship was too faint to be seen by the naked eye for most of the pass, but around 5:57:05 UTC it briefly flared to mag +2 and the close duo ISS-Cygnus was suddenly and briefly well visible as a result. The image shows this moment.
The Cygnus was about 8 seconds in time behind the ISS. The duo was about 23 degrees above the horizon at that time.
Image taken with a Canon EOS 60D + EF 2.0/35mm lens at F2.2, 500 ISO, 6 seconds exposure. The 2nd image is a detail of the first.
Photographer's website:
http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
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