Large Color ISS Solar Panel Flare
Taken by Philip Smith on April 4, 2019 @
Manorville, NY, USA
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LARGE COLOR Solar Flare off 2 upper left large solar panels off the ISS at Max 59°short pass before it entered into Earths shadow. The seeing was poor and some clouds at time of pass from my backyard in Manorville, NY USA. Imaged with Edge HD 14 and ZWO ASI174MC color camera with an UV/IR cut filter and 2 X barlow on a ADC Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector. Did you ever wanted to know how much power do the solar panels on the ISS produce? The 75 to 90 kilowatts of power needed by the ISS is supplied by this acre of solar panels. Eight miles of wire connects the electrical power system. Altogether, the four sets of arrays are capable of generating 84 to 120 kilowatts of electricity – enough to provide power more than 40 homes on Earth. Also did you ever want to know why we can see the ISS at night? The space station is visible because it reflects the light of the Sun – the same reason we can see the Moon. However, unlike the Moon, the space station isn't bright enough to see during the day. It can only be seen when it is dawn or dusk at your location. I have a longer video at. https://www.facebook.com/philip.smith.5686 I could not upload on this page because the file is to large. Hope you like it.
Kind Regards To ALL :-)
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