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SpaceX Dragon and ISS
Taken by Rob Carew on July 20, 2016 @ Melbourne, Australia

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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D800
Exposure Time: 10/2500
Aperture: f/1.0
ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2016:07:20 19:15:53

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SpaceX Dragon is about to rendezvous with the International Space Station in about two hours, They passed right over Melbourne Australia and were amazingly close together through my telescope. After they passed the Zenith they appeared even closer, almost touching. I used an 1800mm focal length telescope, Nikon D800 camera. About 800 iso and an exposure between 125th and 400th. Very difficult to track. Very rewarding view.

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http://www.robcarew.com/

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Hi Rob, terrific shots; always wondered if this were possible.

Can you share: How did you track it ?? Strictly manual ? Any sat tracking software ?

Thanks Mark, in South Texas

Posted by marco451 2016-07-20 13:34:58

Wow-oh-wow-oh-wow!!!

Posted by HP1954 2016-07-21 00:30:22

Πολύ καλό.
Έφτιαξα κινούμενη εικόνα από τις εικόνες σου: https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-21-2016/6NmRSM.mp4
https://makeagif.com/i/6NmRSM

Posted by Ellhnas 2016-07-21 11:58:01

Hello Rob, You should be very proud of your images. Well done.

Posted by Philip Smith 2016-07-21 15:33:57

It was a 90mm Refractor on a large camera tripod. Just point and chase the Station as it moves overhead. Very clumsy and difficult. Its amazing that so much detail is seen ! Many frames are blurred due to movement but some are so great and sharp.

Posted by RobCarew 2016-07-22 05:09:07

Thanks for the info, Rob. I guess my best shot would be with at f/6.3, reducer, on the 8SE. More field and more light. But, yeah, I dont see how you held onto it. Moving pretty fast, huh. But really a wowser!!

Mark, S Texas

Posted by marco451 2016-07-23 16:27:51

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